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I. Sa diate INTERSTINCTA (Vahl) R.& S. Syst. II: 148. 
IoI7. 
Scirpus plantagineus, Griseb. Kar. 122. 1857. 
Scirpus interstinctus, Vahl, Enum. II: 251. 1806. 
Frequent in coastal marshes. Folly Point (Fredholm 3146). 
Very widely distributed in marshes from Rhode Island to temperate 
outh America 
2. ELEOCHARIS MUTATA (L.) R.& S. Syst. Il: 155. 1817. 
Scirpus mutatus, L. Amoen. Acad. V: 391. I 60. 
Frequent or occasional in marshes. Near Ewarton (Harris 8513; 
Underwood 1861). Widely distributed in tropical America. 
a ELROGHARIS. BE ACCS (Spreng.) Urban, Symb. Ant’ 
Ty “165 
Scir pus flaccidus, Spreng. Tent. Suppl. «3, 1626. 
Scirpus ochreatus, Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 570. 1864. 
Eleocharis ochreata, Nees, Linnaea, IX: 294. 1834. 
In a brook, Troy (Britton 458); near Troy (Harris 8553). Widely 
distributed in tropical and warm-temperate America. 
4. ELEOCHARIS CAPITATA (L.) R. Br. Prodr. 225. I8I0. 
Scirpus capitatus,L. Sp. Pl. 48. 1753. ‘ 
In wet places, common at lower elevations. Near Annatto Bay 
(Maxon 1966) ; Rockfort (Britton 788; Harris 9380, 9565); Temple 
Hall (Harris 9389). In all tropical and subtropical regions. 
5. ELEOCHARIS RETROFLEXA (Poir.) Urban, Symb. Ant. 
IT: 165. 1900. 
Scirpus retroflexus, Poir.in Lam. Encycl. VI: 753. 1804. 
Eleocharis Chaetaria, R. & S. Syst... Il: 154. 1817. 
Near Ewarton, around edges of a pond (Harris 8512; Underwood 
1862 ; in a brook, Troy (Britton 451). Nearly throughout the West 
Indies and tropical South and Central America. 
6. ELEOCHARIS MICROCARPA, Torr. Ann. Lyc. N.Y. If: 
312. 1836. 
Eleocharis minima, Kunth, Enum. Il: 139. 1837.) 
Reported from Jamaica by Clarke, as collected by Purdie. Distri- 
buted from the southern United States and Mexico and the West 
Indies to Brazil. Torrey’s type specimens were from New Orleans ; 
the plant of the Atlantic United States from New Jersey southward 
which has been referred to this species is £. Torreyana, Boeckl. 
7. ELEOCHARIS ALBIDA, Torr. Ann. Lyc. N.Y. Ill: 304 
1836. 
Jamaica (Mac Nab, according to Clarke). Reported from Bermuda ; 
other wise known only from the south-eastern United States and 
co. 
8. ELEOCHARIS GENICULATA (L.) R. & S. Syst. If: 150. 1817 
Scirpus geniculatus, LL. Sp. Pl. 48. 1753- 
Scirpus constrictus, Griseb. Kar. 122. 1857. . 
Common in marshes and ditches up ‘to 1300m. altitude. Near 
Castleton (Underwood 1 31): River Head near Ewarton (Under- 
wood 1867); Content Road to Cinchona (Underwood I 59); near 
Balaclava’ (Marble 913); Hardware Gap (Nichols 97). Tropical 
America. Jamaica is the type locality of this species. 
