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1. ELEOCHARIS INTERSTINCTA (Vahl) R. & S. Syst. II: 148. 

 1817. 



Scirpus plantagineus, Griseb. Kar. 122. 1857. 

 Scir pus inter stinctus, Vahl, Enum. II: 251. 1806. 



Frequent in coastal marshes. Folly Point ((Fredholm 3146). 

 Very widely distributed in marshes from Rhode Island to temperate 

 South America 



2. ELEOCHARIS MUTATA (L.) R. & S. Syst. II : 155. 1817. 



Scirpus mutatus, L. Amoen. Acad. V: 391. 1760. 

 Frequent or occasional in marshes. Near Ewarton (Harris 8513 ; 

 Underwood 1861). Widely distributed in tropical America. 



3. ELEOCHARIS FLACCIDA (Spreng.) Urban, Symb. Anf 

 II: 165. 1900. 



Scirpus flaccidus, Spreng. Tent. Suppl. 3. 1828. 

 Scirpus ochrcatus, Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 570. 1864. 

 Elcocliaris ochrcata, Nees, Linnaea, IX : 294. 1834. 



In a brook, Troy (Britton 458) ; near Troy (Harris 8553). Widely 

 distributed in tropical and warm-temperate America. 



4. ELEOCHARIS CAPITATA (L.) R. Br. Prodr. 225. l8l0. 



Scirpus capitatus, L. Sp. PI. 48. 1753. 



In wet places, common at lower elevations. Near Annatto Bay 

 (Maxon 1966) ; Rockfort (Britton 788; Harris 9380,9565); Temple 

 Hall (Harris 9389). In all tropical and subtropical regions. 



5. ELEOCHARIS RETROFLEXA (Poir.) Urban, Symb. Ant. 

 II : 165. 1900. 



Scirpus retroflcxus, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. VI : 753. 1804. 

 Eleocharis Chaetaria, R. & S. Syst.. II : 154. 1817. 



Near Ewarton, around edges of a pond (Harris 8512 ; Underwood 

 1862; in a brook, Troy (Britton 451). Nearly throughout the West 

 Indies and tropical South and Central America. 



6. ELEOCHARIS MICROCARPA, Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. Ill : 

 312. 1836. 



Eleocharis minima, Kunth, Enum. II : 139. 1837. 

 Reported from Jamaica by Clarke, as collected by Purdie. Distri- 

 buted from the southern United States and Mexico and the West 

 Indies to Brazil. Torrey's type specimens were from New Orleans ; 

 the_ plant of the Atlantic United States from New Jersey southward 

 which has been referred to this species is E. Torrcyana, Boeckl. 



7- ELEOCHARIS ALBIDA, Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. Ill : 304. 

 1836. 



Jamaica (Mac Nab, according to Clarke). Reported from Bermuda ; 

 otherwise known only from the south-eastern United States and 

 Mexico. 



8. ELEOCHARIS GENICULATA (L.) R. & S. Syst. II : 150. 1817 

 Scirpus gcniculatus, L. Sp. PI. 48. 1753. 

 Scirpus const rid us, Griseb. Kar. 122. 1857. 



Common in marshes and ditches up to 1300 m. altitude. Near 

 Castleton (Underwood 131) : River Head near Ewarton (Under- 

 wood 1867); Content Road to Cinchona (Underwood 159); near 

 Balaclava (Marble 913); Hardware Gap (Nichols 97). Tropical 

 America. Jamaica is the type locality of this species. 



