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1. ELEOCHARIS INTERSTINCTA (Vahl) R. & S. Syst. II: 1 48, 

 1817. 



Sdr/yns phuitaginciis, Griseh. K2Lr. 122. 1857. 

 SctrpHS iHterstinctus, W3.h\, Enum. II: 251. 1806. 



Frequent in coastal marshes. Folly Point (Fredholm 3146). 

 Very widely distributed in marshes from Rhode Island to temperate 

 South America 



2. ELEOCHARIS MUTATA (L.) R. & S. Syst. II : 155. 1817. 



Scirpus miitatHs, 'L. Amoen. Acad. V: 391. 1760. 

 Frequent or occasional in marshes. Near Ewarton (Harris 8513 ; 

 Underwood 1861). Widely distributed in tropical America. 



3. ELEOCHARIS FLACCIDA (Spreng.) Urban, Symb. Anf 

 II: 165. 1900. 



ScirpHs flaccidns, Spreng. Tent. Suppl. 3. 1828. 

 Scirpus ochreatus, Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 570. 1864. 

 Elcocharis ochreata, Nees, Linnaea, IX : 294. 1834. 



In a brook, Troy (Britton 458) ; near Troy (Harris 8553). Widely 

 distributed in tropical and warm-temperate America. 



4. ELEOCHARIS CAPITATA (L.) R. Br. Prodr. 225. 1810. 



Scirpus capitatus, L. Sp. PI. 48. 1753. 



In wet places, common at lower elevations. Near Annatto Bay 

 (Maxon 1966) ; Rockfort (Britton 788 ; Harris 9380, 9565) ; Temple 

 Hall (Harris 9389). In all tropical and subtropical regions. 



5. ELEOCHARIS RETROFLEXA (Poir.) Urban, Symb. Ant. 

 II : 165. 1900. 



Scirpus retroflexus, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. VI : 753. 1804. 

 Eleocharis Chaetaria, R. & S. Syst.. II: 154. 1817. 



Near Ewarton, around edges of a pond (Harris 8512; Underwood 

 1862; in a brook, Troy (Britton 451). Nearly throughout the West 

 Indies and tropical South and Central America. 



6. ELEOCHARIS MICROCARPA, Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. Ill : 

 312. 1836. 



Elcocluiris minima, Kunth, Enum. II: 139. 1837. 

 Reported from Jamaica by Clarke, as collected by Purdie. Distri- 

 buted from the southern United States and Mexico and the West 

 Indies to Brazil. Torrey's type specimens were from New Orleans ; 

 the plant of the Atlantic United States from New Jersey southward 

 which has been referred to this species is E. Torreyana, Boeckl. 



7. ELEOCHARIS ALBIDA, Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. Ill : 304* 

 1836. 



Jamaica (Mac Nab, according to Clarke). Reported from Bermuda ; 

 otherwise known only from the south-eastern United States and 

 Mexico. 



8. ELEOCHARIS GENICULATA (L.) R. & S. Syst. II : 150. 1817 



Scirpus geuiculatus, L. Sp. PL 48. 1753. 

 Scirpus constrictiis, Griseb. Kar. 122. 1857. 



Common in marshes and ditches up to 1300 m. altitude. Near 

 Castleton (Underwood 131) : River Head near Ewarton (Under- 

 wood 1867); Content Road to Cinchona (Underwood 159); near 

 Balaclava (Marble 913); Hardware Gap (Nichols 97). Tropical 

 America. Jamaica is the type locality of this species. 



