pub era Yahl, 
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-S29 
Common locally on open lands and in clearings ,3000 ft., to sea-level. 
Flowers Jun@- Dec. Specimen was collected near Masinga,.250 ft, Aug , ,8 
The floral are white at base except in young specimens. 
23 specimens; not very good., ( t aA- . „ * 
230 Stenophyl lus Funckii (Steud.) Britton A," co** -vtAT P-e*d?.y 
Moderately common on open lands below 2000 ft. Flowers Sept. -Dec. 
Specimens were collected near Masinga , 250 ft. Oct. 8 . 
Full set, scant. 
•231 stenophyl lu s Funckii (Steud.) Britton 
Local and rare in open lands, generally in sheltered banks, below 2000 
ft. Flowers Aug, -Dec. Specimen was collected 4 miles south of 
Masinga, 800 ft Fulau - ryfl ; - 3 e pji t. tfw- g- 
231 Specimens to add to the numbered sheets,. 
j32 Abilgaardia monos tachya fL.) Yahl. 
& ''Local in dry situations in -the open lands below 5000 ft. 
Flowers July-Dee. Specimens were collected near Masinga, 250 ft, Aug.l 
Oood, full set, 
Cyperus articul a tus L.. 
233 *\6yperu& aytieHiatHe-fer Erect, 4-5 ft, Gienaga in ditches and swampy 
pools near sea-level; moderately common. 
Good, full set. No roots. 
234, Scleria, Liebmanni Steud. 
Common on open hillsides, 800-4000 ft. Flowers Sept-Nov, Specimens 
were collected below Jiracasaca, 2000 ft. Sept. 30. 
Full set, with roots. 
Sw. 
.235 Scl eria hirtella S$§gerately common on open hillsides ,1500 -3000 ft. 
Flowers Sept-Dec. as 
Called resfrio . The root is much uded in an infusion, A a remedy 
for fever; it is sold in the market at Santa Marta, and people go to 
the hills especially to obtain it. 
Specimen with root" is from 0naca,2500 ft. Dec. the other is from 
Jiracasaca 2500 ft. Sept. 50,. 255. Add to set. 
235 Glabrate form, 
Jiracasaca ,Sept. 30. About as common as the hairy form, and found 
in the same localit/ies. I have only one or two specimens of inter- 
mediate character . 
y\-ejzA 2^0 scleria microcar oa f Erect. at length nodding, to 3 ft. Observed only 
near Cienaga,on irrigated lands and in ditches, shady places near the 
sea. Collected Sept. 11. Full set, good, but no roots. 
It is common in El Eibano swamps. 
237 
Erect ,.2 1 ft. Local on open hillsides K Flowers Aug. -Oct. Specimens are 
from Jiracasaca, 2500 ft. Sept. 26. 
Full set; roots with a few, 
.238 18 additional and specimens to add to the numbered sheets. 
Eleocharis c apitata (L.J R.Br. #258 
Common locally below 3000 ft. on boggy ground by streams and pools, or 
on wet rocks on river-banks. Flowers throughout the year. The plants gw 
grow where they are exposed to freshets or are cohered with water duriig 
heavy rains. Specimens were collected by a stream near Bonda,2..0 ft, 
Feb. .3 Full set.. 
