March, 1900. Plants Utowan.e Millspaugh. 29 



Cvperus L/EViGATUS Linn. Mant. 2:179. 



C. mucronatus Rottb. of Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 562. Moist banks 

 and ditches at Guanica, Porto Rico (731)- 



Cyperus ligularis Linn. Amoen. Acad. 5:31. 



Boggy spot in open field at Catano, Porto Rico (156); low, sandy 

 soil at Port Antonio, Jamaica (975, 978), and like situations, at Spot 

 Bay, Grand Cayman (1301). 



Cyperus ochraceus Vahl. Enum. 2:325. 



In shallow standing water in field at the Caleta, Cozumel Island 



(i5i9)- 



Cyperus Ottonis Boeck. Linnaea 36:350. 



Dry field near Playa, Porto Rico (683). Dry, sandy soil south of 

 Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas (428). Seashores near lagoon, George- 

 town, Grand Cayman (1248); in like situation near Progreso, Yucatan 

 (1697), and on the southwest end of Perez Island, Alacran Shoals 

 (1746); not on the other islets of the shoals. 



Cyperus rotundus Linn. Sp. PI. 45. 



Roadside ditch at Catano (332) juvenile; and along railroad at 

 Bayamon (319), Porto Rico. 



Cyperus Surinamensis Rottb. Desc. Nov. PI. 35. 

 Moist roadside at Santurce, Porto Rico (299). 



Cyperus viscosus Ait. Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 20. 



Borders of brackish lagoons at k 'The Creek," Cayman Brae 

 (1171), north shore of Cozumel Island (1596), and at Progreso, Yucatan 

 (1686). 



Cyperus sp. 



Prox C. viscosus Ait. Ditches along the Bodden Bay road be- 

 yond Spot Bay, Grand Cayman (1334). Mr. A. S. Hitchcock reports 

 C. viscosus Ait from Grand Cayman in his Fl. Baham. p. 140; ours is, 

 however, plainly not that species. 



Heleocharis capitata (L.JR. Br. Prod. 225. 



Scirpus capitatus Linn. Boggy spot in field at Catano, Porto 

 Rico (175); boggy soil at the Caleta, Cozumel (1526), and borders of 

 brackish lagoon south of Progreso, Yucatan (1687). 



Fimbristylis spadicea (Linn.) Vahl. Enum. 2:294. 



Scirpus spadiceus Linn. Moist meadow at Catano (193) and Port 

 of Ponce\ Porto Rico (664); also at Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas 

 (429). Borders of brackish lagoon north shore of Cozumel Island 



(i594)- 



Dichromena colorata (Linn.) Hitch. PI. Baham. 141. 



Schcenus coloratus Linn. D. leucoccphala Michx. Rhynchospora 

 stellata Gr. Bog back of Paget's, Bermuda (54, 60). 



