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12, CLADIUM, P. Browne; Crantz, Inst. I: 362. 1766. 
ype species, Cladium jamaicense, Crantz. 
I. CLADIUM JAMAICENSE, Crantz, Inst. I: 362. 1766. 
Cladium occidentale, R. & S. Syst. I: 284. 1817. 
Common i in coastal marshes. Ferry River (Harris 8632). Common 
s marshes throughout the West Indies and the southern United 
tates 
Cladium Mariscus (L.) R. Br., of Europe, is in my opinion specifi- 
cally distinct 
13. SCLERIA, Berg. Vet. Acad. Handl XXVI: 142. 1765. 
Type species, Scleria Flagellum nigrorum, Berg. 
A. Hypogynium presen 
a. Margin of the hypogynium neither ciliate nor fimbriate 
Ligule large, its margins scarious S. reflexa 
Ligule short, ovate 
Culm spreading, branched 2. S. secans 
Culm erect 
Panicle reddish-purple; achene 
purple or purplish 3. S. melaleuca 
Panicle brown-green; achene 
white or whitish 4. S. pterota 
b. Margin of the hypogynium ciliate, ciliolate or fimbriate 
chene 2 mm. intact r less 5. S. microcarpa 
Achene 2.5-3 mm. long 
Margin of the nets finely 
ciliolate or nearly eciliate - 6. S. cubensis 
Margin of the hypogynium densely s 
long-ciliate 7. S. Grisebachii 
B. Hypogynium wanting 
Inflorescence glomerate-spicate 8. S. hirtella 
oe ea of several loose elongated 
ey ter g. S. lithosperma 
Sc oath REFLEXA, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. I: 232. 1815. 
Giubinc or trailing. Hope (Harris 7084); Port Ma nhees (Fred- 
holm 3338); submit of Bull 1 Head Mountain (Underwood 3378). 
Haiti to Trinidad; Mexico to Brazil. 
2. SCLERIA SECANS EE Si Symb. Ant. IL: 169. 1900. 
Schoenus secans L. Syst. Ed. 10. 865. 1759. 
Scleria Flagellum, Sw. Prodr. 18 1 788. 
Scleria Flagellum nigrorum, Berg. Vet. Acad. Hand. 
Mam WLS Ado 1768. 
Jamaica, collected by W. Wright, Tostiers ate to Clarke (Sloane, I: 
bl. 77, f.1). Northern South Amer 
3- oS MELALEUCA, Schl. -é Cham. Linnaea, VI: 29. 
Vicinity re Troy (Maxon 2874); banks, Content Gap (Britton 42); 
banks near Cold Harbour (Britton 882). West Indies, Central Ame- 
Tica ; Tropical South America. 
‘ SCLERIA PTEROTA, Presl, in Oken Isis, XXI: 268. 1828. 
a pratensis, Nees in Mart . Fl. Bras. 11: 179. 1843. 
Moist banks and thickets and along streams, frequent at middle 
elevations. Near Gordon Town (Britton 8); near St. Paul (Marble 
701); Troy (Britton. 453); summit of Bull Head ‘Mountain (Under- 
wood 3409). Widely distributed in Tropical America 
