;' / • ,v , n 



■posiiis abbreciaio-ocatis breviier acutatia carinato- courc.ri.s , disco 

 pu'rpureis margine pallidis; car. mimitis>uma aquama purum Ireoiorm 

 ubbreoiato - oouli oUasa basi valde attemiata; aequilatero - triangulär! 



angulis prominulis, lateribus convcxis, sub lente valida reticulata, 

 flavo-albida nitida, styli bulbo depresso di.sc//orm/ basi soluto terminata; 

 perig'oii. setis 3 brecibus pallidis. — H. temrissimae affinis. 



In herb. Wrightiano sub dcsignatione „Scirpus acicularis" et 

 sub No. 3765. — 



Cuba. 



II. sqüamata Böcklr. 



Radice fibrosa capillari stolonifera, stolonibus validulis, squarim 

 tnagnia membrqnaeeis bblongö-lanceolatin purpurascentibus deiise obtccftM 

 culmis numerosis faseiculatis setaceo - capillaribus 4 — 2 pol!, alt. 

 quadrangulis sulcatisve; vaginis chartaeeo - membranaceis purpurem 

 snprema elongata angusta ore oblique lanceolato producta; spicula 

 minuta ovata acutiuscala, fruetifera obtusa, tereti V-\% 1. longa sub- 

 quinquellora; squamis subconfonnibus spiraliter dispositis adpressis 

 membranaeeo-chartaeeis ovatis acutiusculis carinatis disco fuscis margine 

 pallidis ; car. maju.se/da squama purum longiore late obovata binc 

 plana inde subangulato-convexa vertice rotundato-obtusa, longitndina- 

 litcr pcmclatvkda transcämeque •m-tdtilmeolata, straniinoa; styli bulbo 

 cuf/do fr/ictu.s partevi tertiam uequante conico-pyramidali acuto trian- 

 gulo fuscescente basi dkereto; perigon. setis 4 subtilibus i'errngineis 

 cargopsin subaequantibus; stylo brevi, stigniatibus 3 rjocurvis exserto. 

 — Ex affin. H. Leclileri, H. albovaginatac, 



Brasilia, prov. Minas, Rio de Janeiro. — Coli. H. Schenck. 



" H. »aliamensis Böcklr. 



Tlautula nana pallide viridis, racli'cc fibrosa fcenerrima; eulnüs 

 numerosis fasciculato-caespitosis divaricatis capillari-setaceis rectis v. 

 recurvatis valde inaequalibus l — l l> 2 —2 x l-2 poll. alt., obsolete quadran-, 

 gulis leviter sulcatis; vaginis tenui-membranaeeis sirnminen-purpureisl 

 snprema angusta ore (band ampliato) oblique truncata; spicula minuta 

 angusta eblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata obtusiuseula, aut ovata, fruetifera 

 ovato-orbieulari acuta, tereti Pfa — 3 /4 /. longa — 3 florä; squama 

 perminutis dense imbricatis membranaeeis ovatis acutiusculis sub- 

 carinato-convexis stramineis purpureo-variegatis; car. squama parum 

 breviore obovata basi attemiata lenticulari (band marginata) laccl 

 atra lucida; styli basi soluta clisci 'formt pallida, centro apiculatsl 



