30 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



L. mucronata (Michx.) Kunth; L. mucronata multi-flora Eggers.] St. 

 Croix, along ditches (according to Eggers). 



Leptochloa virgata (L.) Beauv. [Cynosurus virgatus L. ; ? L. 

 virgata gracilis Eggers; Chloris poaeformis H.B.K.] Moist or wet 

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



Diplachne FASCfCULARis (Lam.) Beauv. [Festuca fascicularis 

 Lam.; Leptochloa fascicularis A. Gray.] In a ditch, St. John's Estate, 

 St. Croix. 



Pappophorum alopecuroideum Vahl. [P. laguroideum Schrad.] 

 Rocky hillsides, St. Thomas; Buck Island, St. Thomas (according to 

 Eggers). 



Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. [Poa pilosa L.; E. poaoides of 

 Grisebach.] Dry soil, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Eragrostis tephrosanthus Schultes. Dry soil, St. Thomas; St. 

 Croix. 



Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) Link. [Poa ciliaris L.; E. ciliaris laxa 

 Kuntze.] Dry soil, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. [Eragrostis plumosa 

 Link.] Cultivated grounds, St. Jan. 



Eragrostis Barrelieri Dav. [E. minor of Millspaugh; E. 

 poaoides of Eggers.] Dry soil, St. Thomas (according to Eggers); 

 St. Croix. 



Eragrostis Elliottii S. Wats. Dry soil, St. Thomas. 



Uniola virgata (Poir.) Griseb. [Poa virgata Poir; U. racemi- 

 flora Trim] Bolongo, St. Thomas; Little St. James Island, St. Jan. 



Arthrostylidium capillifolium Griseb. Flag Hill, St. Thomas; 

 Battery, St. Jan. 



Bambos vulgaris Schrad. Naturalized in wet grounds, St. 

 Thomas; St. Croix. 



Coix Lacryma-Jobi L. Cultivated for ornament. 



Zea mays L. Cultivated for food. 



CYPERACEAE 



Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. [K. monocephala Thunb. of 

 Schlechtendal and of Eggers.] Moist, grassy places, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Kyllinga odorata Vahl. [K. triceps of Eggers; K. odo rata minor 

 Boeckl.] Moist, shaded banks, St. Thomas; St. Jan. 



Kyllinga pumila Michx. Moist grassy places, St. Thomas, 

 collected by Riedle (according to Clarke). 



Kyllinga pungens Link. Midland, St. Croix. 



Cyperus odoratus L. [C. polystachyus R. Br. ; Pycraeus odoratus 

 Urban.] Crown, St. Thomas, at about 500 m. altitude (according to 



