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5. RYNCHOSPORA POLYPHYLLA, Vahl, E.num. II. 230. 1806, 



Schoenus polyphyllus Vahl, Eclog. Am. II : 5. 1798. 

 Banks, hillsides and moist woods, common at higher and middle 

 elevations. Cuna Cuna Pass (Fredholm 3240) ; Cinchona (Shreve ; 

 Harris 9502) ; John Crow Peak (Nichols 44) ; Content Gap (Britton 

 33); near Moore Town (Marble 851); Bull Head Mountain (Under- 

 wood 3379) ; Troy (Maxon 2817). Southern West Indies ; Central 

 America to Venezuela. 



6. RYNCHOSPORA MICRANTHA, Vahl, Enum. II : 23 1. 1806. 

 Edge of a brook, Troy (Britton 457). Widely distributed in Tro- 

 pical America, and occurs also in Tropical Africa. 



7. RYNCHOSPORA BERTERII (Spreng.) Clarke, in Urban, Symb. 

 Ant. II: 119. 1900. 



Schoenus pusillus, Sw. Prodr. 20. 1788. 



Hypolytrum Berterii, Spreng. Neue Entd. I: 241. 1820. 



Rynchospora pusilla, Griseb. Kar. 123. 1857. Not Curtis. 

 On moist banks, shaded rocks and along brooks and ditches at 

 low and middle elevations. Near Troy (Harris 8691, 9420) ; Tyre 

 (Britton 911) ; Oxford (Britton 428) ; Port Antonio (Fredholm 3 114) 

 Distribution : West Indies south to Guadaloupe. 



8. RYNCHOSPORA SETACEA (Berg.) Boeckl. Vidensk. Medd. 

 Kjob. 1869-70 : 159. 



Schoenus setaceus, Berg. Act. Helv. VII : 130. 1772. 



Rynchospora tenerrima, Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 26. 



1827. 



Rynchospora Spermodon, Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 576. 1864. 

 Borders of marshes. Port Antonio (Britton 877); Moore Town 

 (Marble 849). West Indies and tropical South America. 



9. Rynchospora fascicularis (Michx.) Vahl, Enum. II : 

 234. 1806. 



Schoenus fascicularis, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. I: 37. 



1803. 

 Summit of Bull Head Mountain (Underwood 3364b); previously 

 collected in Jamaica by Purdie. Distribution ; Southeastern United 

 States, Cuba, Haiti, Porto Rico. 



10. Rynchospora cephalotes (L.) Vahl, Enum. II : 237. 

 1806. 



Scirpus cephalotes, L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 76, 1762. 

 Jamaica (Masson, according to Clarke). Tobago ; Trinidad ; Cen- 

 tral and South America. 



11. Rynchospora rariflora, (Michx.) Ell. Bot. S. Car. 

 &Ga. I: 58. 1816. 



Schoenus rariflorus, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 35. 1803. 

 Bull Head, Clarendon (Hart). The only station known for this 

 species south of the Isle of Pines. Southeastern United States and 

 Cuba. 



12. Rynchospora glauca, Vahl, Enum. II. 233. 1806. 



Rynchospora gracilis, R. & S. Syst. II: 85. 1817. 

 Summit of Bull Head Mountain (Underwood 3364a). 'Widely distri- 

 buted in Tropical America. 



13. RYNCHOSPORA JUBATA, Liebm. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 

 V. 2: 254. 1851. 



Rynchospora Marisculifs Nees, Linnaea, IX : 297, hy- 



ponym. 1834. 

 Cited from Jamaica by Clarke as collected by Wilson. West In- 

 dies and Central and South America. 



