in herb. Public Gardens (Rev. Bassett Key). Grand Cayman 

 (Millspaugh 1334). Distribution : Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Guada- 

 loupe. 



27. CYPERUS GRANULARIS (Desf.) Britton 



Kyllinga granular is, Desf. ; Boeckl. Linnaea, XXXV: 432. 



1867-68 



Cyperus nanus, Boeckl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 1 : 363. 



1881. Not Willd. 1797. 



Mariscus gracilis, Vahl, Enum. II. : 273. 1806. Not Cy- 

 perus gracilis R. Br. 



Kyllinga filiformis, var. a, Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 568. 



1864. 

 Jamaica (March 13, according to Clarke). Distribution : Haiti, 

 Porto Rico, St. Martin, St. Croix. 



28. Cyperus tenuis, Sw. Prodr. 20. 1788. 



Mariscus tenuis, Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. II : 48. 



1900. 

 Jamaica, collected by March and by Purdie. Distribution : Haiti 

 and St. Croix. 



29. Cyperus nanus, Willd. Sp. PI. 1 : 272. 1796. 



Schoenus capillar is, Sw. Prodr. 20. 1 788. Not Cyperus 



capillaris, Koen. 



Mariscus capillaris, Vahl, Enum. II : 372. 1806. 



Kyllinga capillaris, Griseb. Kar. 120. 1857. 

 Jamaica (March 13, according to Clarke). Mr. Clarke cites this 

 same collection number of March under Mariscus gracilis. 



30. CYPERUS MUTISII (H. B. K.) Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 567. 



1864. 



Mariscus Mutisii, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1 : 216. 



pi. 66. 1815. 

 Hillsides and banks at middle and higher altitudes. Cinchona 

 (Underwood 424 ; Harris 9500 ; Shreve) ; near Gordon Town (Britton 

 13). Distribution : Haiti : Porto Rico : Mexico to Bolivia. 



31. CYPERUS LIGULARIS, L. Amoen. Acad. V: 391. 1859. 



Mariscus rufus, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1 : 216. pi. 



67. 1815. ' 



Mariscus ligularis, Urban, Symb. Ant. II : 165. 1900. 

 Common along brackish marshes. Navy Island (Fredholm 3322). 

 Grand Cayman (Millspaugh 1301). Widely distributed in the warm 

 and tropical parts of America. 



32. Cyperus brunneus, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. I: 116. 1797. 



Mariscus bruneus, Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. II : 



51. 1900. 

 On sandy sea-beaches ; also on the Cayman Islands. Distribution : 

 sea-beaches and sand-dunes from Bermuda and Florida to Barba- 

 dos and Central America. 



33. Cyperus confertus, Sw. Prodr. 20. 1788. 



Mariscus confertus, Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. II : 



50. 1900. 

 Banks and hillsides in the drier parts of the island. Near Hope 

 (Harris 6641). Haiti : Porto Rico to Martinique ; northern South 

 America. 



34. Cyperus filiformis, Sw. Prodr. 20. 1788. 



Tor ulinium filif or me, Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. II: 

 57- 1900. ' 

 Edges of marshes. Observed by us only near Balaclava (Marble 



