148 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Dominican ReEpusuic: Jarabaco, Ekman H 14142, H 14177. 
Sanchez, Abbott 62, 1118, 1440. Guayubin, Abbott 979. 
PuErTo Rico: Catano, Goll 846. Campo Alegre, Chase 6797, 6799. 
San Juan, Chase 6397, 6781. Mayaguez, Chase 6291. 
Winpwarp Is~anps: Martinique, 
Duss 4021. 
TrinipaD: St. Joseph, Hitchcock 
10031. Manzanilla, Hitchcock 10367. 
Arima, Hitchcock 10315. 
2. Leersia monandra Swartz, Prodr. 
Vego Ind? Occ: 2 t7/S8ssa- 
maica. 
Paspalum cubense Spreng., Neu. 
Rnitdes 2 liso eC ulbas 
Oryza monandra Doell, in Mart., FI. 
Brash242,.9) 187s 
Homalocenchrus monandrus Kuntze, 
Rev. Gen? Pl. 2° 777. 1891. 
Densely tufted perennial; culms 
erect, 50 to 100 cm tall; blades elon- 
gate linear, often grayish, 3 to 6 mm 
wide; panicles open, mostly 10 to 15 
em long, the few very slender remote 
branches spreading, naked on the lower 
part; spikelets imbricate, pale, sub- 
orbicular, glabrous, 1.5 mm long (fig. 
FIGURE 93.—Leersia herandra, 
x 1 (Wurzlow). 94). 
Rocky woods and limestone hills, Flor- 
ida to Brazil. In Cubacalled“hierba de venado”’ and “guinea cimarrona.” 
Cusa: Sumidero, Shafer and Léon 13670; Léon and Shafer 3468. 
Mariel, Ekman in 1921. Pinar del Rio, Hitchcock 23321. Sierra 
Guane, Shafer 10549. ‘Tiffin, Shafer 1089. Rio 
Jipero, Hggers 5404a. Guantdinamo, Léon 3779. 
Guara, Hitchcock 23400. Bayate, Hkman 4825. 
Without locality, Wright 731. 
JAMAICA: Ferry River, Harris 11326, 11788; 
Hitchcock 9749. Gordon Town, Harris 11459. 
Guara Ridge, Harris 11331. Kingston, Hitch- 
cock 9466. Alligator Pond, Hitchcock 9822. 
Inverness, Harris 12744. Bog Walk, Hitchcock 
9307. Without locality, Hart 1525. 
Haiti1: St. Michel de l’Atalaye, Leonard 
7473, 7625, 8485. St. Raphael, Leonard 7663. 
Port-de-Pai, Ekman H 3928. Jean Rabel, 
Leonard 12919. Goniave Island, my 3080, 
3082,5126. Tortuga Island, Leonard 11691. zu 
DoMINICAN Bea ae. Moncion, Hkman H Seer ee cd (Nealloy eee 
13057. Mao, Abbott 1037. 
Puerto Rico: Ponce, Chase 6490. Guanica Bay, Chase 6524. 
Coamo, Sintenis 3228; Britton and Brown 6057. 
3. Leersia grandiflora (Doell) Prodoehl, Bot. Arch. Mez 1: 219. 1922. 
Oryza monandra var. grandiflora Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. 27: 9. 
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