NO. 6 GENTRY: LAND PLANTS 15 



TOBAGO, BRITISH WEST INDIES 

 GRAMINEAE 



Chusquea cf. scandens Kunth. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore VIO; edge of brackish lagoon back 

 from beach. 



This collection also shows affinity with Chusquea Pittieri Hack., 

 described from Costa Rica. The material is sterile and cannot be deter- 

 mined certainly. 

 Sporobolus Poirettii (R. & S.) Hitchc. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore VI 6. 



Distribution: Open ground and waste places In tropical and subtropi- 

 cal America. Introduced from Asia. 



CYPERACEAE 

 Cyperus ligularis L. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore V8; shaded in moist sandy soil of the 

 upper beach. 



Distribution: Generally distributed in tropical America. 



DiCHROMENA CILIATA Vahl 



Scarborough, April 19, Elmore U7; under a running faucet. 



Distribution : Widely distributed in tropical America. 

 Eleocharis mutata (L.) R. & S. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore VIO; edge of brackish lagoon back of 

 beach. 



Distribution: Widely distributed in tropical America. 



FlMBRISTYLIS FERRUGINEA (L.) Vahl 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore V13; in dry mud of the grassland. 

 Distribution : Central America and the West Indies. 



POLYGONACEAE 

 coccoloba uvifera l. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore V4; sandy soil of the upper beach. 

 Distribution : Littoral of tropical America. 



LEGUMINOSAE 



Acacia TORTUOSA (L.) Willd. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore V14. 



Distribution : Mexico to the Caribbean. 

 PiTHECOLOBIUM DULCE (Roxb.) Benth. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Eltnore VI. 



