CYPEREAE. Cypems, 



striato (14— 18-pollicari) basi 2— 3-foliato ; foliis culmo 

 loDgioribus 3'"latis trinerviis supra undique subtus ad ner- 

 vos scabris; capitulo solitario terminali depresso globoso 

 e spicis compositis numerosissimis dense conglobato ; in- 

 volucro sub-6-phyllo longissimo (20 - pollicari) foliolis in- 

 aequalibus subulatis ; spiculis per spicas compositas arcte 

 dispositis linearibus subteretibus 3—4'" longis 6— 8-floris; 

 squamis ovatis dense imbricatis concavis brevissime mucro- 

 natis, obsolete 5 — 7-nerviis, dorso viridibus, latere pallide 

 fuscescentibus , margine pallidis ; aryopsi elliptica trigona 

 leviter curvata apiculata granulata fusca, dorso convexa 

 latere subplana squama duplo breviore; rhacheola flexuosa 

 articulata, articulis brevibus subrotundis excavatis bialatis, 

 alis rotundatis albidis caryopsin excipientibus. Mexico. 



644. C. EUFINUS. Liehm. (l. c. 34.) Culmo trigono 

 glabro striato (1 — 2-pedali) basi foliato ; foUis culmo lon- 

 gioribus late linearibus margine scabris; umbella composita 

 8 — 10-radiata, radiis inaequalibus patentissimis (usque bi- 

 pollicaribus); umbellulis 5— 8-radiatis , brevi nudis apice 

 spicato-polystachyis ; involucro 8 — 10-phylIo ; foliolis late 

 linearibus longissimis usque pedalibus 4 — b'" latis, margine 

 nervisque supra scabris , ochreis compressis in laminam 

 lineari-lanceolatam V^-poHicarem productis ; involuceliis 

 3 — 5-phyIIis folioiis setaceis subpollicaribus scabris; spicu- 

 lis densissime congestis patentissimis vel divaricatis sub- 

 teretibus subulatis basi bractea setacea suffultis 5 — 6'" 

 longis, 7 — 8-floris; squamis laxiuscule imbricatis ovatis ob- 

 tusis concavis infra apicem obsolete mucronulatis, leviter 

 striatis, dorso viridibus, latere rufescentibus vel flavo ca- 

 staneis nitidis ; caryopsi exserta obovata trigona apiculata, 

 dorso convexa granulato-scabrida fusca; stylo longissimo, 

 rhacheolae alis rotundatis conniventibus. Mexico. 



645. C. CUBANUS. Liebm. (1. c. 34.) Rhizomate re- 

 pente crasso stolonifero; culmo stricte-rigido glabro striato 

 (7 — 20-ponicari) basi foliato et subbulboso ; fohis culmo 

 longioribus 4'" latis planis carinatis nervosis , carina mar- 

 gine et nervis supra scabris; umbella composita 7 — 8-ra- 

 diata, radiis erecto-patentibus , intermediis 2 subsessilibus 

 caeteris usque 2-poIlicaribus, apice digitato-ramosis, ramis 

 3 — 5 patulis 1-poIIicaribus spicato-polystachyis, intermedio 

 majore 20 — 28-stachyo ; ochreis obhquis acuminatis ; in- 

 volucro 7 — 8-phyIIo foliolis inferioribus umbellam longe 

 superantibus 8 — 10-poIlicaribus late linearibus carinatis 

 nervosis , carina margineque scabris ; involucellis diphyllis 

 subpoUicaribus ; spiculis patentissimis 8 — 10'" longis, basi 

 bractea subulata suffultis subteretibus squarrosis 8 — 16- 

 floris ; squamis patulis ovatis concavis obtusiusculis , infra 

 apicem minutissime mucronulatis , obsolete 4 — 5-nerviis, 

 dorso viridibus, latere fusco-ochraceis margine hyalinis ; 

 caryopsi inclusa elliptico obovata apiculata leviter curvata 

 dorso convexa minutissime granulata flavo-fusca; rhacheola 

 articulata, articulis brevibus excavatis bialatis, alis ochraceis 

 subcoriaceis oblique late lanceolatis conniventibus caryopsin 

 includentibus. Vix idem ac C. cubensis Steud. nr. 459. 

 Cuba. 



647. C. ST. CRUCIS. Liebm. (I.c. 35.) Culmo triquetro 

 glabro striato (1 Y^-pedali) ; foliis culmo longioribus 6"' la- 

 tis carinatis plicato-nervosis, margine carina nervisque sca- 

 bris ; vaginis rufescentibus antice tenuiter membranaceis ; 

 umbella decomposita 10 — 11-radiata, radiis compressis 

 ancipitibus 2 — 3" longis, erecto-patulis , apice corymboso 

 umbellulatis, radiis partialibus 5 — 8 alternis , infimis semi- 

 pollicari-pedunculatis simplicibus patentissimis polystachyis ; 

 involucro 10 — 11-phyIlo umbellam longe superante foliolis 

 late-Iinearibus (4 — 5'" latis) basi amplectentibus ; ochreis 

 pollicaribus ancipitibus apice profunde bifidis; involucellis 

 tot quot radii umbellularum, infimis bipollicaribus sursum 

 brevioribus, demum reflexis; spiculis in spicam laxam sub- 

 pollicarem dispositis remotiusculis divergentibus 6 — 9'"Ion- 

 gis, linearibus teretiusculis 8— -U-floris. basi bractea 

 Stmdel^ Glumaceae. II. 



setacea suff^ultis, demum deciduis; squamis oblongo-ovatis 

 obtusis concavis infra apicem brevissime mucronulatis 7- 

 nerviis , dorso viridibus , latere fusco-stramineis ferrugineo- 

 lineolatis ; caryopsi oblonga trigona apiculata dorso cou- 

 vexa lateribus planis , fusca granulata valvulis rhacheolae 

 arcte inclusa easque parum superante; rhachi universali 

 post spiculas delapsas bracteis et squamis obsita, rhacheola 

 articulata, articulis bialatis foveatis, alis subcoriaceis ob- 

 longis rotundatis. Ins. St. Crucis. 



648. C. GRANADINUS. Liebm. (1. c. 36.) Culmo tri- 

 gono glabro ; umbella decomposita 12-radiata, radiis 9 ses- 

 silibus 3 exterioribus bipoUicaribus compresso trigonis ; um- 

 bellulis sub-5-radiatis, radiis brevibus, sub 3 ramosis, cae- 

 teris simpliciter spicato poly- (30-) stachyis ; involucro 12- 

 phyllo longissimo , phyllis usque 1 Vs-pedalibus 3"' latis 

 carinatis nervosis, utrinque carina, nervis margineque sca- 

 bris ; involucellis 3-phyIIis umbellula brevioribus ; ochreis 

 pollicaribus compressis bicuspidatis , ochreolis 2 — 3" longis 

 bifidis; spiculis divergentibus vel divaricatis in spicas sub- 

 pollicares compositas congestis 8 — 9"' longas lineares sub- 

 compressas acutas deciduas 13 — 18-flores, basi bractea 

 miuuta suftultis; squamis oblongis obtusis convolutis patulis 

 iufra apicem brevi mucronatis dorso viridibus , latere fusco 

 stramineo lineolatis; caryopsi ovato-oblonga trigona apicu- 

 lata laeviter curvata exserta fusca subtiliter granulata, 

 dorso convexa; rhacheola articulata fragili, alis obovato- 

 oblongis ochraceis. N. Granada. 



649. C. OERSTEDII. Liebm. (I. c.) Radice fibrosa; 

 fibris longissimis pedalibus fibrillosis; culmo triquetro glabro 

 (iVs-pedali) basi tuberascente et foliato; foliis culmo bre- 

 vioribus 4"' latis carinatis nervosis margine scabris; vaginis 

 2 — 3-poIlicaribus glabris basi rubescentibus ; umbella de- 

 composita 12 — 14-radiata, radiis 8 erecto-patulis Vjz — 2- 

 pollicaribus compressis , caeteris brevioribus vel sessilibus ; 

 umbellulis corymbosis 5 — 8-radiatis, radiis brevibus 2 — 4"' 

 longis, Iongioribussub-3 ramosis caeteris simpliciter spicato- 

 poly-(12 — 15-) stachyis ; involucro 10-phyllo longissimo, 

 foliolis usque pedalibus 3"' latis patulis ; involuceliis 5- 

 phyllis erecto-patentibus umbellulam parum superantibus; 

 ochreis V^-pol^icaribus bicuspidatis ; spiculis patentissimis 

 subulatis 3 — 4"' longis, 7 — 9-floris , basi bractea setacea 

 suff"ultis ; squamis oblongis obtusis mucronulatis 7-nerviis 

 dorso viridibus, lateribus fusco-stramineis ferrugineo-lineo- 

 latis ; caryopsi ovato-oblonga apiculata trigona fusca sub- 

 tiliter granulata exserta dorso couvexa ; rhacheola articulata, 

 alis oblongis membranaceis. Nicaragua. 



650. C. FOSSARUM. Liebm. (l.c. 37.) Radice fibrosa; 

 rhizomate crasso repente stoionifero ; culmo trigono glabro 

 striato (iV^-pedali) basi fohato ; foliis culmo longioribus 

 planis late linearibus 3 — 4"' latis, carinatis sursum mar- 

 gine carinaque scabris ; umbella decomposita , primaria 

 8 — 10-radiata corymbosa, radiis 5 — 6 exterioribusinaequa- 

 libus 2 — 3-pollicaribus rigidulis compresso-trigonis patenti- 

 bus; umbellulis 5 — 8-radiatis, radiis divergentibus 1 — 1 V3- 

 pollicaribus hic illic ramosis , usque ad basin fere remote 

 spicato-polystachycis; involucro 5 — 6-phylIo, foliolispaten- 

 tissimis late linearibus , inferioribus longissimis (usque 20- 

 pollicaribus ; involucellis 5 — 6-phyIIis umbellulam sub- 

 aequantibus ; ochreis V2" longis compressis in laminam 

 V^-poIlicarem abeuntibus ; spicuhs patentissimis remotius- 

 culis anguste linearibus teretiusculis subulatis4 — 5"' longis, 

 6 — 8-floris, basi bractea setaceasuffultis; squamis adpresse 

 imbricatis concavis oblongis obtusissimis, brevissime mucro- 

 nulatis striatis basi convolutis, dorso viridibus latere fusco- 

 stramineis ferrugineo-striatis , niargine hyalino-scariosis ; 

 caryopsi obovata trigona apiculata subtilissime granulata 

 ochracea alis rhacheolae oblongis obtusis submembranacea 

 fere tota inclusa. Mexico. 



651. C. FRAGILIS. Liebm. (I.c. 38.) Rhizomate crasso 

 repente , radiculis fibrosis ; culmo erecto basi tuberascente 



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