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the name Pycreus polystachyus, var. laxiflora, oe moist seit 
Troy (Britton 663). Warm and tropical America 
YPERUS COMPRESSUS, L. Sp. PI. F 
Jamaica (Sloane, pl. 76 f. 1, cited by Linnaeus ; Purdie). This com- 
mon weed of nearly all warm and tropical countries does not ap~ 
pear to be abundant in Jamaica, as it is not represented in the her- 
barium of the Department of Public Gardens and Plantations. 
CYPERUS SPHACELATUS, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 26. 1773. 
Jamaica, collected Eo several botanists as recorded by Grisebach 
~ cage by Clarke (J. P. 853). Common in most parts of Tropical 
meric 
/- Cyp PERUS TRICHODES, Griseb. Fl. Br. W.I. 564. 1864. 
Marshes at lower elevations ; apparently local. Near Balaclava 
(Marble 706.) Endemic. 
CYPERUS DISTANS, L. f. Suppl. 103. 1781. 
Frequent i in wet or moist soil at middle elevations. Banks, Con- 
tent Gap (Britton 39). Previously accredited to Jamaica by Swartz. 
Widely distributed in warm and tropical regions. 
9. CYPERUS HASPAN, L. Sp. Pl. 45. 1753. 
Marshes and wet meadows, collected by Alexander and by Wulls- 
chlaegel. Widely distributed in warm and tropical regions. 
10. oo OXYLEPIS, Nees; Steud. Syn. = Cyp. 25. 
Golicetea | 2 Jamaica by Alexander as recorded by Chtte: Nor- 
thern South Americ 
II. CYPERUS ELEGANS, boo So. Fi. a5. 2753 
Cyperus viscosus, Sw. Prodr. 20. 1788. 
Occasional in marshes at low elevations. Also on Cayman Brac 
(Millspaugh 117 ae Common throughout the West Indies ; Central 
America to Argen 
12, CYPERUS 1 DIEFUSUS, Vahl, Enum. II: 321. 1806. 
Cyperus laxus, Griseh.: Fis BR W. 1: 563. 180g, NOt 
i 
am. 
Frequent on moist banks and hillsides up to 500m. Near Gordon 
Town (Britton 3); near Castleton (Underwood 113). Widely dis- 
abe in tropical regions, but not known from the northern West 
3. CYPERUS OCHRACEUS, Vahl, Enum. II: 325. ia 
Frequent in marshes and ditches at elevations u 
ome (Britton 858) ; near St. Paul, Cockpit Fe ° @farble 0) 
a Estate near Hope (Harris 8846; 8942). Widely distribute 
in Tropics Americ 
14. CYPERUS VEGETUS, Willd. Sp. Pl. 1: 283. 1797. 
Along a brook, Troy (Britton 460). Not otherwise known from the 
We to Chili. 
S Indies. Distribution : aap alnect Descr. et Ic. 35. 1773- 
rom ade sag by a speci 
C. =i are , as recorded ae Clark 
1753- : 
a Widely distributed 
Pl. 1753 
17. CYPERUS ARTICULATUS, L. Sp. fey River (Britton 
Common in marshes at lower altitudes. Near 
Ad : Resource (Harris 6917). Widely distributed in tropical re- 
