13 



4. FlMBRISTYLIS GLOMERATA (Retz.) Urban, Symb. Ant. 

 II : 166. 1900. 



Scirpus glomeratus, Retz. Obs. 4. II. 1786. 



Fimbristylis spathacea, Roth, Nov. Sp. 24. 1821. 

 Marshes, Port Antonio (Britton 863) ; roadside ditch, Rockfort 

 (Britton 784; Harris 9318) Not hitherto recorded from Jamaica. 



5. Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link, Hort. Berol. 

 1 : 292. 1827. 



Scirpus complanatus, Retz. Obs. V: 14. 1789. 



Scirpus amentaceus, Griseb. Kar. 123. 1857. 

 Coastal marshes between Annotta Bay and Buff Bay (Britton 845) 

 Widely distributed in tropical regions. 



6. ABILDGAARDIA, Vahl, Enum. II: 296. 1806. 



Type species, Cyperus monostachyus, L. 



ABILDGAARDIA MONOSTACHYA, (L.,) Vahl Enum. II : 296 

 1806. 



Cyperus monostachyus, L. Mant. 180. 1771. 

 Fimbristylis monostachya, Hassk. PI Jav. Rar. 61. 1848. 

 Frequent on dry banks and in fields. Near Port Antonio (Fred- 

 holm 3277); Troy (Britton ' 439) ; between Potsdam and Lover's 

 Leap (Britton 1 138). Widely distributed in tropical regions. 



7. Scirpus, L. Sp. PI. 47. 1753. 

 Culms tall, stout 



Spikelets umbelled ; culms terete 1. S. validus 



Spikelets capitate ; culm trigonous 2. 5. Olneyi 



Culms filiform, low 3. S. caespitosus 



Type species, Scirpus lacustris, L. 



1. SCIRPUS VALIDUS, Vahl, Enum. II : 268. 1806. 

 Frequent in coastal marshes. Ferry River (Fawcett & Harris 

 8089; Britton 398). Common in warm and tropical America. 



2. SCIRPUS OLNEYI, A. Gray, Boston Journ. Nat Hist. V: 238. 

 1845. 



Recorded by Clarke as collected in Jamaica by Bromfield. Distri- 

 bution : United States and West Indies. 



3. Scirpus caespitosus, L. Sp. PL 48. 1753. 



This species of high mountains of the north temperate zone, is 

 recorded by Boeckeler in Linnaea, XXXVI : 488, as occurring in 

 Jamaica, but this is almost certainly an error. 



8. ERIOPHORUM, L. Sp. PI. 52 1753. 



Type species, Eriophorum vaginatum, L. 



i. Eriophorum polystachyum, L. Sp. PI. 52. 1753. 



Eriophorum augustifolium, Roth, Neue Beitr. 94. 1802. 

 Jamaica (W. Wright, according to Clarke). Known otherwise 

 only from cold temperate regions ; the 'identity of the specimen 

 cited is open to suspicion. 



9. FUIRENA Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 70. 1773- 

 Heads of spikelets numerous in a long pani- 

 cle ; leaves 8 _ I2 mm. wide I. F. umbellata 

 Heads of spikelets only 1 to 5 ; leaves 4 mm. 

 wide or less 2. F. squarrosa 

 Type species, Fuircna umbellata, Rottb. 



