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Terminal spike pistillate at base or apex or at both 



Spikes linear-cylindric 3. C. vircscens 



Spikes ovoid or oblong 



Perigynium glabrous 4. C. cladostachya 



Perigynium rough-pilose. 5. C. scdbrella 



Type species, Carex ptdicaris, L. 



1. CAREX UNDERWOODII, Britton. Torreya, V : 10. 1905. 



Carex hystericina, Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. II 



159. 1900. Not Schkuhr. 1806. 

 In sphagnum, Salt Hill Pond (Underwood 158) ; Petersfield Pond 

 Guava Ridge (Shreve). Endemic. 



2. CAREX HINNULEA, Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. II : 159. 



1900. 

 The only specimen known of this species is preserved in the Good- 

 enough herbarium, and its collector is not recorded. 



3. CAREX VIRESCENS, Schkuhr, Riedgr. II : 45. 1806. 



This common species of Eastern North America is also represented 

 in the Goodenough herbarium by a specimen purporting to be 

 from Jamaica, as recorded by Mr. Clarke. 



4. CAREX CLADOSTACHYA, Wahl. Kong. Vet. Acad. Handl. 

 XXIV: 149. 1803. 



On banks and hillsides at high elevations. Cinchona (Shreve): 

 Morce's Gap (Nichols 26 ; Britton 179). Mountains of the West 

 Indies ; Mexico to Bolivia. 



5. CAREX SCABRELLA, Wahl. Kong. Vet. Acad. Handl. XXIV: 

 149, 1803. 



Grassy banks and thickets. Between Chestervale and Silver Hill 

 Gap (Britton 350); Mona Hill (Britton 363). Distribution: moun- 

 tains and hills of Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti. 



[Issued 19th September, 1907.] 

 Printed at the Govt. Printing Office, Kingston, Jam 



