Eleocharis bahamensis Boeckeler

Eleocharis bahamensis Bock. Beitr. Cyp. 2: 11. 1890
Eleocharis atropurpurea sensu Clarke, Symb. Ant. 2 : 65. 1900. Not E. atropurpurea Kunth, 1837. "i Eleocharis camptotricha var. ^3 Schweinitzii Clarke, Symb. Ant. 2: 69. 1900. (Perhaps from
British Guiana.)
Dwarf and sprawling, matted ; culms of unequal length, 2-5 cm. long, capillary-setaceous,
erect or recurved, obscurely quadrangular and lightly sulcate ; apex of the upper sheath firm,
oblique, elongated; spikelet minute, 1-2 mm. long, in fruit broadly ovate, 3-9-flowered;
scales membranous, acutish, purplish-brown, with a green midrib; achene minute, about 0.5
mm. long, black and shining, the surface slightly roughened; style-base pallid, disciform,
apiculate in the center, about two-thirds the width of the achene; bristles 6, slender, of
unequal length, a little shorter than the achene, white, retrorsely toothed, united to form a
prominent base.
Type locality : Bahamas.
Distribution : Bahamas.