Excerpt from The Sedges of Jamaica Most of the species may be regarded as satisfactorily known, and their general distribution ascertained, but a considerable mim ber are, as will be seen in the enumeration, known only from single specimens secured by the older collectors, so that very much remains to be done in order to ascertain their relative abundance or rarity, their habitats and distribution; in some cases the only record that we have is that the specimen was collected somewhere on the island, and in a few instances it is suspected that errors have been made in the origin of the plant cited, through a mixture of labels in the older herbaria, or in some other way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.