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iSTYLIS 



Stems supporting but a solitary spikelet; nut pyriform. i 



Spikelets umbellate, small, subglobose • 



Style brant I tile glumes somewhat 2-ranked; stem almost 



always with but a single spikelet. Abildoaardia) 6 



l. Fimbriatylis diphylla Vahl, Rnum. 2: 289. 



5: 15. 1779 1791. 

 \ ill. Bnum. 2: 292. 1806. 



Kunth, Bnum. 2: '_':'>!. 1837, certain synonyms excluded. 

 V.n- pentasta hya Boeckl. Flora 40: 36. 



iymorpha Boeckl. Vidensk. Meddel. Kjdb. Ml. L889. 

 Distribi ii"\ : In torrid and temperate regions of the whole world, al-<> everywhere 

 common within such limits. 



,\ Ri< w collections: [TVmdiu] s Mi>. Hoffmann L89 626 Talamanca, alti- 

 tude LOO meters, To e, Fond M >91; Boruca, altitude 



1480; San Jose, altitude 1,100 meters, Tondui L812, Pittu 

 I li< • Torree 647 bis; Vallee du General, Tondui 3378 T£rraba, Tondui 



Rio Tufa, altitude 600 meters, Tondm 8182; Turrialba, Tondu B256 Llanos 

 de Turrucares, altitude 650 meters, Pittier •"><>»'». 

 2 Fimbiistylis castanea Vahl, Bnum. 2: 292. L806. 



i atari Michx. I'l. 1 : 31. L803. 

 k Stem 2 to 7 dm. long; leaves long; umbel simple or compound; spikeleta ellip- 

 Boidal, obtusiah, brown or tawny chestnut color; glumes glabrous, or rarely a Little 

 pilose; style bifid; nul obovoid, obtuse, smooth, delicately reticulate, in color 

 approaching tawny. 



I >i-ti:ihi n<>\ : Mexico and the United States, frequent ; < '< 

 Costa Rican collection: Salinas Bay, Pttta«r2719. 



3. Fimbiistylis spadicea L. Vahl, Bnum. 2: 294. L806. 

 - pus spadiceus L. Sp. PI. 1: 51. i: 

 Fimbristylis cylindrica Vahl, Bnum. 2: 293. L806, 

 Distribi tion: Warmer parts of Ajnerica, common. 



9TA Rican collections: Hoffmann •">(><); Puma Mala. 

 Bay, Pittier 2718. 



4. Fimbiistylis preslii Kunth. Bnum. 2: 228. L837. 

 Abilgaardia pubescent Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: L80. L830. 

 Culm scabrous-puberulent, bearing a singlespike; leaves setaceous, pili 



obtuse, imbricated on all sides of their axis; nut obovoid-pyriform, 

 being much oarrowed from the middle to the base, yellowish brown; style 

 3-fid, promptly caducous along with its narrowly pyramidal base. 



I > i -Tim hi tion: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and < lolombia. 



< osta Rican collection: Nicoya, Tondui L3743. 



5. Fimbristylis miliacea Vahl. Bnum. 2: 287. 

 Scirpus miliar, us Thunb. Fl. Jap. 37. L784. 



helostylis miliacea Nees, Linnaea 1: 290. L834. 

 DisTRiBunoN: In all warm countries; abundant in Asia and Oceania, in Africa 

 and America rare. 

 I oflTA Rican collections: biebmann; Boruca, altitude 150meters, Tondui 11 



6. Fimbristylis monostachya II assk. IM. .lav. liar. 61. 1848. 

 Cyperua monostochyus L. Mam. 2: L80. 1771. 

 AbUdgaordia monostachya Vahl, Bnum. 2 : 296. li 

 Distribution: In hoi countries almost everywhere. 



Costa Rh lncollei hon: Guanacaste, altitude 250 meters, Pittier, 2698. 



Rica. 



Tondui 6830: Salinas 



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