58 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
LrEwarpD Is~aNnps: Guadeloupe, Duss 3522. 
TrintpaD: Valencia, Hggers 1399; Broadway in 1926. Quiaco, 
Broadway 4954. Caparo Forest, Broadway 4927. Mount Tocuche, 
Britton, Hazen, and Mendelson 1365. Port-of-Spain, Hitchcock 9969 
(Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 696). Tabaquite, Hitchcock 10128 (Amer. Gr. 
Nat. Herb. 697). 
23. ZEUGITES P. Br., Civ. Nat. Hist. Jam. ed. 2, 341 and Index 
IL. 1789 
(Senites Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 39, 604. 1763. No generic description.) 
Spikelets few to several-flowered, the lowest floret perfect, the others 
staminate, the rachilla joint between the perfect and staminate 
florets elongate; glumes and fertile lemma herbaceous, broad, with 
transverse veins between the nerves, obtuse or truncate, the glumes 
about half as long as the lemma; sterile lemmas membranaceous, 
narrower, acute. Broad-leaved perennials, with terminal panicles. 
Culms elambering abladess2) to 4aem longs see... eee ee 1. JZ. AMERICANA. 
Culms very slender, trailing, rooting at the nodes; blades 1 to 2 cm long. 
Z. HAITIENSIS. 
1. Zeugites americana Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 204. 1805. Based on 
Apluda zeugites L. 
Apluda zeugites L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1306. 1759. Jamaica. 
Zeugites jamaicensis Raeuschel, Nom. Bot. ed. 3, 270. 1797. 
Name only. Jamaica. 
Senites zeugites Nash; Hitche., Contrib. U. 5. Natl. Herb. 12: 127. 
1908. 
Loosely tufted branching glabrous clambering perennial 0.5 to 1 m 
tall; culms glossy brown or black, resembling fern stipes; blades on 
slender, often spreading petioles, ovate, 2.5 to 4 cm long; panicles 
mostly 5 to 7 cm long, loosely flowered, the branches and pedicels 
capillary; glumes and fertile lemma truncate (fig. 32). 
Rich woods, above 1,000 m altitude. Blue Mountains, Jamaica, 
eastern Cuba and Hispaniola. 
Cusa: Sierra Maestra, Léon 11334; Bucher 61; Ekman 7071. 
JAMAICA: Cinchona, Perkins 1082; Harris 11418, 11431; Harrs 
and Lawrence 15270; Mazon 1198; Hitchcock 9709. Gordon Town, 
Hart 789. Abbey Green, Hitchcock 9360 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 
695); Harris 11584. Blue Mountain Peak, Nichols 115; Orcutt 2902. 
Catherines Peak, Hitchcock 9733; Eggers 3579. Sir Johns Peak, 
Harris 11596. Morces Gap Road, Harris 11327. Maccasucker 
Bump, Mazon 9593. Mossmans Peak, Mazon 9674. Sugar Loaf, 
Mazon 9972. New Haven Gap, Mazon 2673. 
Haiti: Mission, Leonard 3863. Massif de la Selle, Hkman H 1282, 
Jal WAG 
Dominican Repusuic: San José de Ocoa, Hkman H 12014. 
2. Zeugites haitiensis (Pilger) Urban, Symb. Antill. 8: 51. 1920. 
Zeugites americana subsp. haitiensis Pilger, in Urban, Symb. Antill. 
635-1909) Haiti. Picardat52on0 
Senites haitiensis Hitche. and Chase, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 
a2. LOY. 
