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Heleocharis capitata, R. Br. 



Heleocharis capitata, R. Br., Prodr. Fl.N. Holl., p. 225 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 518 (Eleocharis). 

 Scirpus capitatus, Willd., Sp. PL, i. p. 294; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 570. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Marshes — Moseley. 



Tropical and Sub-tropical America, Asia, Africa, and Australia. 



Heleocharis melanocarpa, Torr. 



Heleocharis melanocarpa, Torr. in Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, iii. p. 311 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern 

 U.S., p. 516 (Eleocharis). 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Rein. 



North America, on the coast from Massachusetts to Florida. 



Heleocharis plantaginea, R Br. 



Heleocharis ■plantaginea, R. Br., Prodr. Fl. N. Holl., p. 224, in nota (Eleocharis). 

 Scirpus plantagineus, Linn, ex Griseb., FL Brit. W. Ind., p. 571. 



Eleocharis equisetoides, Torr. in Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, iii. p. 296 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern 

 U.S., p. 514. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Marshes — Lefroy. 

 Florida and Louisiana to Brazil. 



Dichromena leucocephala, Michx. 



Dichromena leucocephala, Michx., Fl. Bor.-Am., i. p. 37 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 530; Gray, 



Manual, ed. 5, p. 567. 

 Rhynchospora stellata, Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 576. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Marshes, &c. — Moseley ; Lefroy ; Rein ; Reade. 

 New Jersey to Florida and the West Indies. 



Dichromena pura, Nees. 



Dichromena pwa, Nees in Linnasa, ix. p. 291 ; Kunth, Enum., ii. p. 283 (nomen tantuin). 

 Rhynchospora ptir a, Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 577. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Rein. 



There are no Bermudan specimens of this species in the Kew Herbarium. 



West Indies, Venezuela, and Guiana. 



Scirpus lacustris, Linn. 



Scirpus lacustris, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 48 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 520 ; Boeckl. in Linna?a, 



xxxvi. p. 712. 

 Scirpus validus, Vahl, Enum., ii. p. 268; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 571 ; Gray, Manual, ed. 5, 



p. 562. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Salt marshes — Moseley ; Reade. 

 Generally diffused in temperate and sub-tropical countries. 



