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JAMAICA. 
BU ihe ea 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
Vol. V. September, 1907. Supplement 1. 
THE SEDGES OF JAMAICA. 
By N. L. BRITTON. 
labels in the older herbaria, or in some other way. : 
have accepted the generic limits outlined by Mr. Clarke in the 
Paper above cited with the exception of his treatment of Cyperus 
than recogniz- 
other hand, I accept the genus Abi ¢ : 
bristylis, though I am not altogether clear that this position is 
readily defensible. I have also diverged from Mr. 
ment in accepting the generic name Stenophyllus, for the plants he 
i ident priority 
and being based on a well-known type. 
bution to knowledge of the 
f the New York 
1 Government. ne 
ore accurate know- 
