1, Solaria lirtella Swartz* Prodr* Veg. Xnd. Occ. 19* 1784, 
Gw terain.; Costa Rica; 3-'rjmm| in meadows and on open '' ill- 
sides, ascending to 1*300 maters. Videly distributed in tropical 
America; Africa. 
Plants ntffceBoent, wit! slender rMsome©, the enlra slender. 
10 to 60 ost. lor;.- or more; leaves 0 to 4 r.«* wide; spires 5 tc 
30 os* long, the snUcolets hispldulous, in remote clusters; 
achene 1 rr;* long, smooth* vwite, contracted below, 
Clark^/ reported a oolleOtion of J£. .dietan s.. P J from Costr 
Oor.tr* . • : !'• ' . 
Rica, but the fragmentary specimen of the number cited. vA ioh is 
in the national herbarium seers tc belong rather to S. 
4* Solaris. HCbia&nni StOttd* Syn . PI* Glum* 2* 179* 1655. 
Selerla costarloonsis Boecho1. All,gem# Bot* SSeitec’-r# 2: 
157. 1896. 
Hypeno rtw reiaroooooum Xtlefom* Banov* Vid. SolsF* Wrivt* V* 
2: 245. 1651* 
.fclerif: mlo rqooo oet Stend. Syn. PI. Glum, °: 179. 1455. 
Costa Bica; Banaumj. in ©wasp® tod savannas * at low altitude®*. 
Cuba| South America; type from Mexico* 
Plants annual* pubescent belov, very slender, the culms 20 
to 30 ok. long; leaver 1 to 2 ■■■-..* wide; panicles oX out 10 o: , 
long, the spike lets in small sessile clusters, the bract© shorter 
than the ©pikelets; achene s 1 mm. long, white. 
This species ms reported from Panama by lee^/as Kypopoxus 
*$/ In Set®. Bot* Toy* Herald 323* 1454-* 
