CLARKE THE CYPERACEAE OF COSTA RH \. lt'7 



S. Scleria pterota Presl in Oken, iaia 21: 268. L828, 



Scleria prat ensis Li ndl. ; Nees, Nov. Act. Na1 Cur. L9. Suppl. 1: 121. L843. 



Scleria communis Kunth, Enum. 2: 340. L837. in pari. 



Scleria pittieri Boeckl. Allgem. Bot. Zeitschr. 2: L59. L896. 



I )isri;ii!i tion: Quite common in tropica] America. 



i osta Ri< w collections: Buenos Aires, altitude :!<><> meters, Tondu 1886 Gmi 

 nacaste, altitude 250 meters, Pittier 2715; Turrialba, Tondu S230 bis. 



9. Scleria bract eata Cav. [c. 5: 34. pi. ]■>',. L799. 



Uacrolomia bracteata Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2': L82. pi. ', 1843. 

 Distribution: Abundant in tropical America. 



Costa Km \\ sctcons: T^rraba, altitude 250 meters, Tonduz 3963; Boruca, 



altitude 450 meters, Tonduz 16 10. 



10. Scleria paludosa Kunth, Enum. 2: 344. 1837. 

 Ophryoscleria paludosa Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2 1 : L85. L842. 

 Scleria macrocarpa Salzm. Linnaea38: 521, L874. 

 Distribi tion: In tropical America frequent. 



Costa Rk \\ collection: Rio Ceibo near BuenOs Aires, altitude 200 meters, 

 Tonduz 4882. 



11. Scleria latifolia Sw. Prod. Veg. [nd. Occ. L8. L788. 

 Distribution: Wesl Endies, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela. 

 Costa Km w collection: Banks of Sarapiqui River, Biolley 7456b. 



Under the name " Scleria ciliaefolia" there is in the Brussels Herbarium a plant 

 (Pittier & Tonduz no. 3355), which was found on closer examination to be Luzula 

 racemosa Desv. (Buchenau, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 12: L32. 1890.) 



Di randia Boeckl., a ""new genus of the tribe of the Sclerieae" consisting oi 

 I), macrophylla Boeckl. ,6 is founded on Tonduz no. 8402 collected in Costa Rica. 

 The type is preserved in the Brussels Herbarium. By the kindness of Mr. de Wilde- 1 

 man I have been permitted to examine it. The plain belongs to the Haemodoraceae, 

 and is Xiphidium coeruleum Aubl. c 



15. CALYPTROCARYA Nees. 



Flowers unisexual; pistillate flower appearing as if terminal, naked; hypogyiiouS 

 bristles none; style branches 2, linear: mil ovoid-conical, minutely pilose. Spikes 

 dense, pea-shaped, corymbose-panicled, extremely small, androgynous, the single 

 terminal spikelel pistillate, L-flowered, the lateral spikelets2to l,staminate, L-flow< 

 Proper pistillate glumes 2, in 2 ranks, boat-shaped, ovate. Staminate flowerfi 

 monandrous. 



Species 7. indigenous to tropical America. 

 1. Calyptrocarya fragifera'/ Kunth. Enum. 2: 364. 1837. 



Calyptrocarya palmetto Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2': l ( .»-"». L843. 



Becquerelia glomerulata Brongn. in Duperrey, Vby. Coquille2: L63. 1829. 



Hypolytrum multinervt Hochst.; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2: L33. 1855. 



Distribution: Scattered throughout tropical America. 



Costa Rk \\ collections: Cocos tsland, Pittier L2376; (Nicaragua) San Juan del 

 Norte, Pittier 9635. 



a Allgem. Bot. Zeitschr. 2: L60. L896. 



&Op. cit. L73. 



■ PI. Guian. 1: 33. pi. 11. L775. 



d The specific name glomerulata is older and unoccupied. Editor. 



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