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oe GLOMERATA (Retz.) Urban, Symb. Ant. 
Scirpus glomeratus, Retz. Obs. 4. II. 1786. 
Fimbristylis spathacea, Roth, Nov. Sp. 24. 1821 
Marshes, Port Antonio (Britton 863) ; roadside ditch, Rockfort 
(Britton 784; Harris 9318) Not hitherto veenrdee from Jamaica. 
5. FIMBRISTYLIS COMPLANATA (Retz.) Link, Hort. Berol. 
: 2. £627, 
Scirpus complanatus, Retz. Obs. V: 14. 1789. 
cirpus amentaceus, Griseb. Kar. 123. 1857. 
Coastal marshes between Annotta Bay and Buff Bay (Britton 845) 
Widely distributed in tropical regions. 
6. ABILDGAARDIA, Vahl, .Enum. II: 296. 1806. 
Type species, Cyperus monostachyus, L. 
oe MONOSTACHYA, (L.,) Vahl Enum. II: 296 
1806. 
Cyperus monostachyus, L. Mant. 180. 17 
Fimbristylis monostachya, Hassk. Pl tev. Rae: 61. 1848. 
Frequent on dry banks and in fields. Near Port Antonio (Fred- 
holm 3277); Troy (Britton! 446}: between Potsdam and Lover's 
Leap lien 1138). Widely distributed i in tropical regions. 
7. SCIRPUS, 1. Sp. Fi a. - 2753 
Culms tall, stout 
Spikelets umbelled ; culms terete I. S. validus 
Spikelets capitate ; ‘culm trigonous 2.5, 
Culms filiform, low 3. S. caespitosus 
Type species, Scirpus lacustris, | 
I. SCIRPUS VALIDUS, Vahl, Enum. II: 268. 1806. 
Frequent in coastal marshes. Ferry River (Fawcett & Harris 
8089 ; Britton 398). Common in warm and tropical America. 
2. SCIRPUS OLNEYI, A. Gray, Boston Journ. Nat Hist. V: 238. 
Beconicd hy Clarke as collected in Pause by Bromfield. Distri- 
bution: United States and West In 
3. SCIRPUS CAESPITOSUS, L. "i PL 48. 1753. 
This species of hig mountains of the north temperate zone, is 
recorded-by Boeckeler in Linnaea, 88, as occurring in 
amaica, but this is almost certainly an error. 
8. ERIOPHORUM, L. Sp. Pl. 52 1753- 
Type species, Eriophorum vaginatum, Ln 
I. ERIOPHORUM POLYSTACHYUM, L. Sp. Pl. 52. 1753. 
Eriophorum <I Roth, Neue Beitr. 94. 1802. 
Jamaica (W. Wright, according to Clarke). 
only from cold temperate regions ; the ‘identity 
Cited is open to suspicion. 
H 9. FUIRENA Rottb. Descr. et ie. 70. -1775- 
eads of spikelets numerous in a long . 
se ; leaves 8-12 mm. wide 2 regina 
m. 
titel of spikelets pe I to5; leaves 4m : Si searresa 
of the specimen 
Type species, Puirena umbellata, Rottb. 
