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- island use the dried stalks of this species for making pads for 
pack-saddles, and sleeping mats, (no. 1081). Further distr. 
W25:, Mex... W- tnd. 4S: Am: 
Fimbristylis Vahl 
F. capillaris (L.) A. Gray, Man. Bot. ed. 5, 567 (1869). 
Scirpus capillaris L. Sp. Pl. 49 (1753). F. capillaris A. Gray, 
l. c.; Rob. (1), 129.—ALBEMARLE IsL.: Tagus Cove, abund- 
ant in lava crevices, 500-4000 ft., (nos. 1083-1084) ; Villamil, 
occasional in lava crevices on the floor of the crater at 2750 ft. 
(no. 1082). Brnp oe Ist.: Snodgrass and Heller. CHARLES 
IsL.: common among rocks near the shore (no. 1085). Nar- 
BOROUGH IsL.: Mangrove Point, Snodgrass and Heller. 
Widely distributed. 
F. diphylla (Rtz.) Vahl, Enum. II. 289 (1805). Scirpus 
diphyllus Rtz. Obs. V. 7 (1789). F. diphylla Vahl, 1. c.; Rob. 
(1), 129.—Hoop Ist.: Snodgrass and Heller. Widely dis- 
tributed in tropical regions. 
Hemicarpha Nees 
H. micrantha (Vahl) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club. XV. 104 
(1888). Scirpus micranthus Vahl. Enum. II. 254 (1805). 
H. subsquarrosa Nees, in Mart. Fl. Bras. II. pt. 1, 61 (1824) ; 
Rob. (1), 130.—CuatuHam Ist.: Wreck Bay, Baur. Further 
distr. U. S., Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 
Kyllinga Rottb. 
K. pumila Michx. Fl. I. 28 (1803); Rob. (1), 130— 
CuarLes Isi.: in moist shady places around 1000 ft. (nos. 
1086-1087). CHatTHAM Ist.: Wreck Bay, occasional in open 
country around 600 ft. (no. 1088). Further distr. Mex., W. 
Inds, S) Amn: 
Scleria Berg. 
S. pterota Presl in Oken, Isis, XXI. 269 (1828). S. praten- 
sis Lindl. ex Nees, Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. XIX. Suppl. I. 121 
(1843); Rob. (1), 130.—CuatuHam Ist.: Wreck Bay, occa- 
sional patches at 650 ft. (no. 1089). Further distr. Mex., W. 
Ind., S. Am. 
