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The grass recorded by Eggers as Digitaria filiformis from Cowell 

 Hill, St. Thomas, has not been further identified. 



Eriochloa punctata (L.) Desv. [Milium punctatum L. ; Helopus 

 punctatus Nees.] Moist grounds, St. Croix; St. Thomas. 



Anastrophus compressus (Sw.) Schlecht. [Milium compressum 

 Sw. ; Paspalum platycaulon Poir ; P. compressum Rasp.] Wet grounds, 

 St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Paspalum glabrum Poir. [P. Helleri Nash ; Panicum plantagineum 

 of Millspaugh; ? P. Richardi Steud.] Wet grounds, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan ; St. Croix. 



Paspalum plicatulum Michx. [P. undulatum Poir.; P. caespi- 

 tosum of Eggers, at least in part.] Hillside, Buck Island, St. Thomas; 

 St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



Paspalum paniculatum L. [P. hemisphaericum Poir.] St. 

 Thomas (according to Schlechtendal). 



Paspalum fimbriatum H.B.K. Waste grounds and roadsides, 

 St. Croix. 



Paspalum orbiculatum Poir. [P. pusillum Vent.] St. Thomas 

 (Fluegge; according to Grisebach). 



Paspalum conjugatum Berg. Grassy places, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan; St. Croix. 



Paspalum notatum Fluegge. St. Thomas is the type locality of 

 the species, but the plant has not been found there by recent collectors. 



Paspalum virgatum L. St. Jan; St. Croix (according to West). 



Paspalum secans Hitchc. & Chase. Sandy soil, St. Croix. 



Paspalum distichum L. Wet grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Paspalum vaginatum Sw. [P. distichum vaginatum Sw.] Wet 

 grounds, St. Croix. 



Paspalum spathaceum Desv., recorded as from St. Thomas by 

 Schlechtendal, is a species not understood by modern botanists. 



Paspalum molle Poir., described as from St. Thomas, is a species 

 not understood by modern botanists. 



Panicum geminatum Forsk. [P. paspaloides of Eggers and of 

 Millspaugh; P. brizoides Lam., not L. ; Paspalum appressum Lam.] 

 Wet grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Panicum barbinode Trin. [P. molle of Eggers.] Moist grounds, 

 St. Croix. 



Panicum reptans L. [P. grossarium L.; P. prostratum Lam.; 

 P. prostratum pilosum Eggers; P. caespitosum Sw.] Hillside thickets, 

 St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Panicum fasciculatum Sw. [P. fuscum Sw.; P. fasciculatum 

 fuscum Griseb.; P. fasciculatum flavescens of Kuntze.] Banks, hill- 

 sides and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



