TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
m 
F. laxa Vabl Eniim. 2, p. 292. Rocm. et Scb. syst. veg. 2. 
j). 100. Spreng. Syst. veg. 1. p. 201. 
Habitat in America mei’idionali. 
SpiCulae minutae. Stamen unicum. Nnx flava, subrotun- 
da, longitudinaliter striata, transversim undulata. (Vahl.) 
67 . Fimbristylis spadicea, 
F. culmo compresso, foliis canaliculato -filiformibus mar- 
gine scabris, involucro oligophyllo umbellam decom- 
positam superante, spiculis ovatis, valvis ovalis inferi- 
oribus raucronulatis, nuce ancipiti. 
F. spadicea Vahl Ennm. 2. p. 294. Pursb. amer. 1. p. 49. 
Rocm. et Scb. syst. veg. 2. p. 101. mant. 2. p. 58. Spreng. 
syst. veg. 1. p. 201. Pressi. Relig. Haenk. fasc. 3. p. 191. 
Scirpus spapiceus Linn. sp. pl. 2. p. 74. Vabl Eclog. 1. p. 
7. Willd. sp. pl. 1, p. 305. Miihlcnbg. descr. ub. p. 36. 
Elliott Bot. of. Carol. and Georg. 1. p. 84. Torrey FI. 
of the Unit Stat. i. p. 53. 
Gramen cyperoides majus aquaticum, paniculis plurimis 
junceis spar.sis, spicis ex oblongo rotundis spadiceia 
SIoane jam. 36. bist. 1. p. 118. t. 76. f. 2. 
Rabitat in America boreali, Mexico, Jamaica. 2f.. 
Radix fibrosa. Culmi caespitosi, 2-3 ped. alti, superne 
sublrigoni. Folia rigida, culmo plerumque multo minora, 
vix nitra lineam lata, fere convoluto-filiformia, margine sca- 
bra. Vaginae dilatatae. Umbella 6-9 radiata, radii compres- 
si, longiores 3-4 pollicares, plerumque umbelliferi, raciter 
nionostachyi. Involucrum 2-3 phyllum, phylla linearia, erec- 
ta, margine scabra et parum ciliata, maximum umbellam .su- 
perans, secundum multo brevius, tertium saepe nullum. In- 
voliicella dipliylla squamiformia, basi dilatata. Spiciilae fere 
semipollicares, imbricatae. Valvae latae, spadiceae, nitidae, 
glabrae, obtusae, inferiores mucronulatae. Stamina duo. Sty- 
lus bifidus, ciliatus. Nux obovata, anceps, striata, minutissi- 
me creberrime punctata, flavescens. 
88. Fimbristylis Haenlzeu 
F. foliis planis margine scabris culmo triquetro scabrius- 
culo brevioribus, involucro tetrapbvHo brevissimo, um- 
bella mulfiradiata supradecomposita, radiolis subtri- 
staebvis, spiculis glomeratis ovato -lanceolatis, valvis 
ovatis mucroniilatis guingueuerviis, nuce obovata tri- 
gona tuberculata. 
F. brevifolia Pressi Rellq. Ilaenk. fasc. 3. p. 192. 
Habitat ad Monte -Rey in California. 2j.. 
Radix fibrosa. Culmi caespitosi, pedales et ultra, trique- 
tri, striati, angulis scabri praesertim apicem versus, basi, fo- 
liati. Vaginae laxiuscnlae. Folia lineam lata, plana, striata, 
recurvata, margine scabm, culmo multoties breviora, (tripol- 
Um . Spec. Pl . T . I . P . 1 . Sed. II . L 
