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4- StenoPHYLLUS, Raf. Neog. 4. 1825. 



[BULBOSTYLIS, Kunth, Enum. II: 205. 1837.] 

 Leaves narrowly linear, 1.5 cm. long, or reduced nearly to sheaths ; 

 achene narrowly obovoid I. 5, subaphyllus 



Leaves setaceous ; achene broadly obo- 

 void 2. 5. capillaris 

 Type species, Scirpus stenophyllus, Ell. 



1. Stenophyllus subaphyllus (Clarke) Britton 



Bulbostylis siihaphylla, Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. II : 



86. 1900. 

 Summit of Bull Head Mountain (Underwood 3364). Otherwise 

 known only from Cuba (C. Wright 1533, in part). 



2. Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club. 

 XXI: 30. 1894. 



Scirpus capillaris, L. Sp. PI. 49. 1753. 



Bulbostylis capillaris, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. VI : 



652. 

 Recorded from Jamaica by Clarke as collected by Wullschlaegel ; 

 otherwise not known from the island. Common in the Eastern 

 United States. 



5. FlMBRISTYLIS, Vahl, Enum. II : 285. 1806. 

 Style 2-cleft 



Achene longitudinally ribbed I. F. diphylla 



Achene reticulated 



Leaves nearly or quite as long as the culm ; 

 scales of the spikelets chestnut-brown 2. F. spadicea 

 Leaves much shorter than the culm ; scales of the spikelets 

 pale brown or greenish. 



Leaves very short ; spikelets about I 

 cm. long 3. F. fcrruginea 



Leaves half as long as the culm ; 

 spikelets 3-6 mm. long 4. F. glomcrata 



Style 3-cleft 5. F. complanata 



Type species, Fiinbristylis acuminata, Vahl. 



1. FlMBRISTYLIS DIPHYLLA (Retz.) Vahl, Enum. II : 289. 

 1806. 



Scirpus diphyll us, Retz. Obs. V: 15. 1789. 



Fimbristylis la.xa , Vahl, loc. cit. 292. 1806. 



Fimbristylis brizoidcs, Nees, Linnaea, IX : 290. 1 834. 

 In fields and on banks, frequent. Near Port Antonio (Earle 624 ;> 

 Fredholm 3301 ; Britton 866) ; near Troy (Harris 8707 ; Maxon 

 2810) ; Temple Hall (Harris 9391) ; Cinchona (Harris 9495). Widely 

 distributed in tropical regions. 



2. FIMBRISTYLIS SPADICEA (L.) Vahl, Enum. II : 294. 1806. 



Scirpus spadiceus, 'L. Sp. PI. 51. 1753. 

 Common in coastal marshes. Port Antonio (Britton 860). Jamaica 

 is the type locality for this species (Sloane, 1 : 118, pi. 76, f. 2). 

 Distribution : West Indies. 



3. FIMBRISTYLIS FERRUGINEA (L.) Vahl, Enum. II : 291. 

 1806. 



Scirpus fcrrugincus, L. Sp. PI. 50. 1753- 

 Common in coastal marshes. Port Antonio (Britton 906). Jamaica 

 is the type locality. Distribution : West Indies. 



