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One of the noteworthy elements in the vegetation of sandy 

 pine-lands on the Isle of Pines, sometimes occupying areas many 

 acres in extent. 



2. Stenophyllus leucostachyus (HBK.) 



Isolepis leucostachya HBK. Nov. Gen. i: 220. 1815. 

 Bulbostylis leucostachya Kunth; Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 



85. 1900. 



Type locality: Wet woods of the Orinoco at Maypuri. 



Distribution: West Indies (Swartz, according to Clarke): 

 northern South America. Unknown to me from the West Indies. 



3. Stenophyllus coniferus (Kunth) 



Isolepis conifera Kunth, Enum. 2: 206. 1837. 



Type locality: Surinam. 



Distribution: Recorded by Clarke as doubtfully collected by 

 Mayerhoff in Hispaniola: northern South America. 



4. Stenophyllus floccosus (Griseb.) Britton, Torreya 13: 



216. 1913 



Scirpus floccosus Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 241. 1866. 

 Bulbostylis floccosa Clarke; Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 86. 1900. 



Type locality: Eastern Cuba. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



5. Stenophyllus portoricensis Britton, Torreya 13: 216. 



1913 

 Type locality: Rocky coastal thicket near Guanica, Porto 

 Rico. 



Distribution: Coastal thickets, southwestern Porto Rico. 



6. Stenophyllus curassavicus Britton, nom. nov. 



Bulbostylis floccosa var.(?) pumilio Clarke; Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 



290. 1907. 



Type locality: Curacao. 



Distribution: Banks and limestone rocks, Bonaire and 

 Curacao. 



The spikelets of this species are much compressed. The 



