186 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



LYCOPODIACEAE. 



Lycopodium L. 



L. FUNiFORME Bory in Brongn., Veg. foss., vol. 2, p. 10 (1837); 

 Spring, Mem. acad. Brux., vol. 15, pt. 6, p. 50 (1842), vol. 24, p. 22 

 (1849). — San Juan Mt., alt. 600 m., July 2, Johnston, no. 179. Tropi- 

 cal America; commonest in the West Indies. 



L. TAXiFOLiUM Sw., Prod. veg. Ind. Occ, p. 138 (1788). — San 

 Juan Mt., alt. 600 m., Johnston, no. 156, July 2. Tropical America. 



SPERMATOPHYTA. 



HYDROCHARITACEAE. 



Thalassia Banks. 



T. TESTUDiNUM Kou. in Kon. & Sims, Ann. hot., vol. 2, p. 96 

 (1806); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 507.— Juan Griego, Ernst. 

 Jamaica and Caribbean Is. 



GRAMINEAE. 



Anthephora Schreb. 



A. HERMAPHRODiTA (L.) Ktze., Rev. gen., vol. 2, p. 759 (1891); 

 Urb., Symb. Ant., vol. 4, p. 80. Tripsacum hermaphroditum L., 

 Syst. nat., ed. 10, vol. 2, p. 1261 (1759). A. elegans Schreb., Beschr. 

 Gras., vol. 2, p. 105, pi. 44 (1810).— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, 

 no. 173, July 18. Venezuela: near Villa del Pao, HBK. Nov. gen. 

 et sp. vol. 1, p. 116; Porto Rico: Urban, /. c. Widely distributed in 

 tropical America. 



Cenchrus L. 



C. ECHINATUS L., Sp. pi., vol. 2, p. 1050 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 

 W. Ind., p. 556; Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 2, pt. 2, pi. 43; Cav., Ic. pi., 

 p. 462. — Santa Ana, Ernst. Venezuela: near Cumana, HBK. Nov. 

 gen. et sp., vol. 1, p. 114; Loefling, Reise nach den spanischen Landern, 

 152-153. Widely distributed in tropical countries. 



C. viRiDis Spreng., Syst., vol. 1, p. 301 (1825); Doell in Mart. 

 Fl. Bras., vol. 2, pt. 2, p. 309; Urb., Symb. Ant., vol. 4, p. 97.— El 

 Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 186 and 179. Tropical America. 



