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pressed, the lemma greatly swollen or gibbous on the back, the narrow 
palea slightly convex; staminate spikelets reduced to the lemma and 
palea. Slender perennials with wiry culms and flat blades. 
Bindes425 "fos Chl Wide.2 = ane Se eee A ee eee 1. lL. PAUCIFLORA. 
Blades less than’ 5 Grime wide 2 ee ES Ae ee 2. L. PINETI. 
1. Lithachne paucifiora (Swartz) Beauv.; Poir., Dict. Sci. Nat. 27: 
OOneaAS23: 
Olyra paucifiora Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 21. 1788. Jamaica. 
Tufted perennial; culms slender, hard, geniculate and naked below, 
ascending and leafy above, commonly 30 to 50 cm tall; blades flat, 
usually 5 to 8 cm long, asymmetric, thombic-lanceolate, acuminate, 
spreading, crowded toward the summit, the small axillary panicles 
produced ‘from the upper sheaths; fruit 4 to 5 mm long, white (fig. 
340). 
Moist woods up to about 2,000 m, Mexico and the West Indies to 
Argentina. In Cuba called ‘‘pito enano.”’ 
Cusa: Pinar del Rio, Hitchcock 23313. Herradura, Hitchcock 265. 
Sumidero, Shafer and Léon 13533. Sierra Guane, Shafer 10553. El 
Guama, Palmer and Riley 105. Loma Esperon, Ekman 644. Mad- 
ruga, Curtiss 661. Laguno de Castellano, Wilson 9560. Habana, 
Léon 584. Santiago de las Vegas, Hitchcock 264. Cumbre Hermosa, 
Wilson and Léon 11620. San Antonio, Hitchcock 266. Cienfuegos, 
Pringle 54; Jack 6159. Pozo Azul, Eggers 5356. San Blas, Bailey 
12426; Jack 7836. La Gloria, Shafer 53. Bayate, Ekman 5842. 
Guara, Hitchcock 23399. Isla de Pinos, Britton and Wilson 15549. 
Eastern Cuba, Wright 732. 
JAMAIcA: Chapleton, Ridley 69. Roaring River Falls, Ridley 73. 
Kingston, Hitchcock 9263. Castleton, Hitchcock 9402; Harris 11279. 
Flamstead, Harris 11467. Sir Johns Peak, Harris 11593. Buff Bay, 
Hitchcock 9770. Savanna-la-Mar, Hitchcock 9872. ‘Troy, Hitchcock 
9815; Harris 12575. Ewarton, Hitchcock 9424. Ipswich, Hitchcock 
9613. Claremont, Hitchcock 9522. Blue Hole, Fredholm 3193. 
Johns Hall, Harris 12834. 
Haiti: Port-au-Prince, Leonard 5266; Ekman H 2178. Cap 
Haitien, Leonard 5283. Pétionville, Leonard 4879. St. Louis du 
Nord, Leonard 14188. Port-de-Pai, Leonard 12278. Bombardopolis, 
Leonard 13553. Caille la Croix, Leonard 7998. Marmelade, Leonard 
8176. Dondou, Leonard 8573. Ennery, Leonard 8952. Plaisance, 
Leonard 9379. Pilate, Leonard 9597. 
Dominican Repustic: Higiiey, Ekman H 12136. 
Puerto Rico: Mayaguez, Chase 6265, 6311. Quebradillas, Chase 
6569. Arecibo, Chase 6456. Bayamon, Chase 6410. Cayey, Sinte- 
nis 2396. 
Vircin Isutanps: St. Croix, Thompson 372. 
LEEWARD Is~aNps: Antigua, Box 76; Rose 3486. Guadeloupe, 
Duss 3178. 
WINDWARD Istanps: Martinique, Duss 733. 
2. Lithachne pineti (Wright) Chase, Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 21: 182. 
1908. 
Olyra pineti Wright; Griseb., Mem. Amer. Acad. (n. s.) 8: 532. 
1862. Eastern Cuba, Wright 1536. 
Perennial; culms tufted, filiform, lax, spreading, 10 to 20 cm long; 
blades ovate to lanceolate, soon reflexed, 10 to 15 mm long, 3 to 7 mm 
