350 VEGETATION 



*Paspalum vaginatiim Sw. Fertile spot near beach, Watlings Island; South beach, 

 New Providence (479, 546). 



Paspalum cxcspitosum Fluegge. Little Mangrove Cay, Andros; Rock quarry. Nassau 

 (197, 267). 



*Panicum elephantipes Nees (Guinea Grass).' Fertile soil. Current Settlement, 

 Eleuthera; sand near shore, Watlings Island (338, 489). 



*Setaria macrostacliya H. B. K. Water Cay, Long Island (522). New Providence; 

 Cat Island; Watlings Island; Mangrove Cay; Rum Cay. 



*Setaria flliformis Sw. Blue Hills, New Providence (304b). 



Setaria glauca (L.) Scribn. Soldiers road. New Providence (263); Governors Har- 

 bor, Eleuthera; Cat Island; Watlings Island; Rum Cay. 



Cenchrus tribuloides L. Beach near Nassau (101). Seen at nearly all points. 



Panicuvi fimhriatum H. B. K. In a potato field. Elbow Cay, Abaco (570). 



Sporobolus virginicus Kunth. Beach, Eleuthera; Current Settlement, Governors 

 Harbor, Eleuthera; salt flats, Rum Cay; low savanna. Water Cay; Long 

 Island; South beach. New Providence (346, 389, 439, 527, 547). 



Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. Rock quarry, Nassau (266). 



Sporobolus jacquemontii Kunth. On beach and in pine-barrens, New Providence 

 (95, 260, 550). 



Cynodon dactylon (L.) Kuntze. Along roads, Nassau (97); Governors Hai'bor, 

 Eleuthera. 



Chloris petraa Desv. On beach and along Soldiers road, Nassau; Current Settle- 

 ment, Eleuthera (99, 261, 350); Governors Harbor, Eleuthera; Cat Island; 

 Rum Cay; Watlings Island; Long Island; Abaco. 



CMoris barbata Nash (C. polydactyla Sw.). Soldiers road. New Providence (262); 

 Rum Cay; Long Island. 



Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. Grants Town, Nassau (285). 



Vniola paniculata L. Beach near Nassau (109); seen in all the islands visited. 



Uniola racemiflora Trin. (U. virgata (Poir.) Griseb.) Edge of a brackish pond 

 near Nassau; on rocky coast. Current Settlement, Eleuthera (7, 349); abund- 

 ant on the south shore of New Providence, and on dunes at Governors Harbor, 

 Eleuthera. 



DisticJilis maritima Raf. Edge of brackish pond near Nassau; on fixed dunes, 

 Watlings Island (4, 491), Abaco. 



Stenotaphrum americanum Schk. Beach near Nassau (96). This and Sporobolus 

 jacquemontii Kunth. form the turf of the golf links at Fort Charlotte, Nassau. 



Arthrostylidium capilUfoUuvi Griseb. (Old Man's Beard). Blue Hills road. New 

 Providence (46). 



Cyperace.i^.'' 



*Cyperus vahlil Steud. Edge of salt marsh, Clarence Harbor, Long Island (505). 

 Cyperus rotundus L. Grants Town, Nassau (290). 



'■''^ Determined by Dr. A. S. Hitchcock. In looking over the sedges Dr. Britton 

 and Mr. Nash have altered a number of Dr. Hitchcock's identifications. For the 

 sake of comparison we give these changed identifications as follows: 



Fimbrystilis spadicea (L.) Vahl. (83, 449). 



Cladium jamaicense Crantz (86). 



Cyperus ottonis Baeckl. (189, 420). 



Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw. (304, 305). 



Cyperus fuUgineus Chapm. (505). 



