PREFACE. val 
are new. Tho new genus, Saugetia, is named in honor of Brother 
Leén, Joseph Sylvestre Sauget, of the Colegio de La Salle, Habana, 
one of the most active of Cuban botanists. The brief descriptions, 
giving the salient characteristics of the species and genera, are intended 
to supplement the keys and confirm identifications. To facilitate the 
use of the work as a manual the detailed citation of specimens under 
each species is omitted. Appended to the paper, however, is a list 
of all the numbered specimens of West Indian grasses in the United 
States National Herbarium, 
FREDERICK V. CovILLE, 
Curator of the United States National Herbarium. 
