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ec'hinatiis Britton. 

 rotiindiis L. 

 Kyllinpia piimila IMielix. 

 Eleoeharis albida Torr. 



tuberculosa R. Br. 

 acicularis R. Br. 

 nodiilosa (Roth) Schiilt. 

 niutata (L.) R. & S. 

 Scirpiis nanus Spreng. 

 laciistris L. 



Californicns (C, A. Meyer) Brittou. 

 lineatiis Michx. 

 cylindricus (Torr) Britton. 

 Fimbristylis castanea (Michx.)' Vahl. 



autnmalis (L.) R. & S. 

 Diehromena eolorata (L.) A. S. Hitch. 



In marked contrast with the grasses AA^hich furnished many 

 novelties, there was not a single sedee collected which has not 

 been reported from many other portions of the state. 



COMMELIXACEAE. 



Commelina niidiflora L. 

 erecta L. 

 virs'inica L. 



PONTEDERIACEAE. 



Heteranthera limosa (Sw) Willd. 



I'ontederia cordata L. 



Piaropns crassipes (Mart) Britton. 



This plant, which is the well known water hyacinth, 

 occurs in deadly abundance all over Louisiana whereve. 

 there is a suitable water course. Small most unaccountabh 

 narrows its range to Florida and the tropics. Chapman 

 makes no mention of it whatever, even in the 1897 edition. 



