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4. STENOPHYLLUS, Raf. Neog. 4. 1825. 
[BULBOSTYLIS, 7 Enum. II: 205. 1837.] 
Leaves narrowly linear, 1.5 c m. long, or reduced nearly to sheaths; 
achene narrowly obovoid I. S. subaphyllus 
Leaves setaceous ; hence broadly obo- 
void S. capillaris 
Type species, Scirpus Sonlis Ell. 
I. STENOPHYLLUS SUBAPHYLLUS (Clarke) Britton 
ype subaphylla, Clarke in Urban, Symb. Ant. II: 
86. 
Summit of Bull ee Mountain phe 3364). Otherwise 
known only from Cuba (C. Wright 1533, in part). 
2. = tat berowe CAPILLARIS (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club. 
AAI: 
a ate capillar WE ke Op. FL AO. 1753. 
oe ee capillaris, Clarke j in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. VI: 
Recorded fro Jamaica by Clarke as collected by Wullschlaegel ; 
otherwise not known from the island. Common in the Eastern 
United States. 
5. FIMBRISTYLIS, Vahl, Enum. II: 285. 1806. 
Style 2-cleft 
Achene longitudinally ribbed 1. F. diphylla 
Achene reticulated 
Leaves nearly or quite as long as the culm; 
scales of the spikelets chestnut-brown . Spadicea | 
Leaves much shorter than the culm; scales of the spikelets 
pale brown or greenis 
Leaves very short; spikelets about I : 
3. F. ferruginea 
Leaves half as long as the culm; 
spikelets 3-6 mm. long 4. F. glomerata 
Style 3-cleft Sree oF complanata 
Type species, Fimbristylis acuminata, Vahl. 
I. shores Selene DIPHYLLA (Retz.) Vahl, Enum. II: 289. 
Scirpus diphyllus, Retz. Obs. V: I5. 1789. 
Fimbristylis laxa , Vahl, loc. cit. 292. eo 
imbristylis brizoides, Nees, Linnaea, IX: 1834. 
In fields and on banks, frequent. — “hed atin , (Earle 624 3/ 
Fredholm 3301; Britton 866); y (Harris 8707; Maxon 
=; Temple Hall (Harris 9391) chon (Harris 9495). Widely 
2 FIMBRISTYLIS SPADICEA C.) Vahl, Enum. Il: 294. 1806. 
bus spadiceus,L. Sp. PI. 3- 
Common in jai marshes. Port Antonio (Britton 860). Jamaica 
is the type locality for this species (Sloane,I: 118, pl. 76, f-2 2). 
Distribution : West Indies. 
3- Se YLIs FERRUGINEA (L.) Vahl, Enum. II: 291. 
pus ferrugineus, je 
Scirpus L; 
Common in coastal marshes. Port Riteni (Britton a Jamaica 
is the type locality. Distribution - West Indie 
