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One of the noteworthy elements in the vegetation of sandy 
pine-lands on the Isle of Pines, sometimes occupying areas many 
acres in extent. 
2. Stenophyllus leucostachyus (HBK.) 
Isolepis leucostachya HBK. Nov. Gen. 1: 220. 1815. 
Bulbostylis leucostachya Kunth; Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 
85. 1900. 
_ TYPE LocALity: Wet woods of the Orinoco at Maypuri. 
DIsTRIBUTION: West Indies (Swartz, according to Clarke): 
northern South America. Unknown to me from the West Indies. 
3. Stenophyllus coniferus (Kunth) 
Isolepis conifera Kunth, Enum. 2: 206. 1837. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam. 
DistTrRIBUTION: Recorded by Clarke as doubtfully collected by 
Mayerhoff in Hispaniola: northern South Ameriea. 
4. STENOPHYLLUS FLOCCosUS (Griseb.) Britton, Torreya 13: 
216. 1913 
. Scirpus floccosus Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 241. 1866. 
Bulbostylis floccosa Clarke; Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 86. 1900. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Eastern Cuba. 
DIsTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
5. STENOPHYLLUS PORTORICENSIS Britton, Torreya 13: 216. 
1913 
Type LocaLity: Rocky coastal thicket near Guanica, Porto 
Rico. 
DistrRIBUTION: Coastal thickets, southwestern Porto Rico. 
6. Stenophyllus curassavicus Britton, nom. nov. 
Bulbostylis floccosa var.(?) pumilio Clarke; Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 
290. 1907. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Curacao. 
DistrIBuTION: Banks and limestone rocks, Bonaire and 
Curacao. 
The spikelets of this species are much compressed. The 
