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erus brOxMoides Humb.; Link, Jahrb. 3: 85. 1820. 

 Marsh west of Black River {Britton 1353). Distribution 



Cuba ; 



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Cyperus oxylepis Nees; Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. 25. 1855. 



Ditches near Salt Ponds, south of Spanish Town {Britton 

 3032). Previously collected in Jamaica only by Alexander. Dis- 

 tribution : northern South America. 



Cyperus esculentus L. Sp. PL 45. 1753. 



Ditch near Flat Bridge, Rio Cobre {Britton 3092). West 

 Indian distribution : Bermuda ; Cuba ; Martinique ; Guadeloupe. 



Cyperus digitatus Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 81. 181 3. 



Border of Black River, Lacovia {Britton 14.82). Distribution : 

 tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World and the New. 



Cyperus anceps Liebm. Mex. Halvgr. 25. 1850. 



In my paper in the Jamaica Bulletin, I followed Mr. C. B. 

 Clarke, in Urban, Symb. Ant. 2 : 44, in recording the continental 



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Cyperus tetragonus Ell. from J 



ancep 



convinces me that the species are distinct. This sedge is plentiful 

 on grassy hillsides and banks in the parish of Manchester {Britton 

 1024, ji6i); also at Woodstock near Newmarket, in Westmore- 

 land [Britton 1567). Distribution : Cuba. 



Cyperus granularis (Desf.) Britton, Bull. Jam. Dept. Agric. 5 : 

 Suppl. 1, 9. 1907. 



Dry soil, Longacre Point (Britton IjSj). Distribution : Haiti 

 to St. Croix. 



Elf.ocharis capillacea Kunth, Enum. 2 : 137. 1837. 



In mud, marsh west of Black River (Britton 1354). Distri- 

 bution : southern United States ; Cuba ; South America. 



FlMBRISTYLIS AUTUMNALIS (L.) R. & S. Syst. 2 \ Q/. 1817. 



Border of pond, Cornwall, Lacovia (Britton 1403). Distribu- 

 tion : United States ; Cuba. 

 Rvnchospora jubata Liebm. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 2 : 254. 



1851. 



Marsh west of Black River (Britton 1336) ; border of Great 



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orass, Negril (Britton 21 16). Distribution: Bahamas; Cuba; 

 Mexico to Paraguay. 



