NO. 6 gentry: land plants 23 



CYPERACEAE 

 Cyperus Luzulae (L.) Retz. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore L7 ; shaded in sandy 

 soil of the upper beach. Nature Trail Camp No. 1 on Madden Dam 

 Highway, April 1, Ebnore J13; shaded in moist sandy soil of a stream 

 bank, open forest. 



Distribution : Widely distributed in the lowlands of tropical America. 

 Cyperus odoratus L. sens. lat. 



Taboga Island, May 2, Elmore Z2; in spring water. 



Distribution : Panama, common in the Canal Zone. 

 Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl 



Fimbristylis annua (All.) R. Si S. 



Frijoles, Canal Zone, May 1, Elmore Yd; edge of Gatun Lake in mud. 



Distribution: From southern Sonora, south through Mexico to 

 Central America. It has not previously been listed in the flora of Panama. 

 Killingia peruviana Lam. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 26, Elmore L36. 



Distribution : Common along seashores of Central America and 

 northern South America. 

 Scleria eggersiana Boekl. 



Frijoles, Canal Zone, May 1, Elmore Y3; in mud at edge of Gatun 

 Lake. 



ARACEAE 

 MoNSTERA pertusa (L.) DeVriesc 



Taboga Island, May 2, Elmore Zl ; in spring. 



Distribution: Central America, northern South America, and West 

 Indies. 

 Philodendron grandipes Krause 



Barro Colorado Island, May 1, Elmore X20; shaded in moist clay 

 soil of the jungle. 



Distribution : Known only from the Canal Zone. 

 Philodendron Hoffmannii Schott 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H30; climbing trees in moist shaded 

 forest at 400 feet elevation. 



Distribution: Guatemala to Panama. 

 Philodendron radiatum Schott 



Barro Colorado Island, May 1, Elmore X14; growing on fallen tree 

 in moist jungle. 



Distribution : Mexico and Central America. 



Apparently this species ; the specimens are sterile. 



