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Oeyza sattva, L. 



Bice is cultivated to a small extent at Sambaquichaba. 



Anthephoba elegans, Schreb. Beschreib. Graes. ii. p. 105; 

 Doell in Mart. M. Bras. ii. p. 313.— Tripsacum hermapliro- 

 ditum, L. Sp. PL ed. 2, p. 1378.— Cenchrus laevigatas, Trin. 

 Fund. Agrost. p. 172. 



Tolerably plentiful on the sandy ground behind Tort San 

 Antonio, also near the Sapate. 



Distribution. Tropical America. 



A common weed in the grass-plots in Pernambuco. 



Saccharfm officinabtjm, L. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 54. 

 The sugar-cane is largely cultivated in the main island. 



Aotdropogon Sch<enanthus, L. ? 



A tuft of a very sweet-scented grass was found in a corner 

 of a maize-field, where I believe it had been planted. There was 

 no flower on it, but it apparently belonged to this species. 



SoEGHTJM VTJLGAEE, var. SACCHAEATUM ? 



A few plants occurred in a maize and sugar-cane field near 

 Sambaquichaba. 



S. halepekse, Pers. Syn. p. 101 ; Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 ii. 2. p. 272.— Holcus halepensis, L. Sp. PL ed. 2, p. 1047. 



A weed in the garden of the Director's house, and forming 

 dense thickets on the slopes of Peak and "Water Bay below the 

 village. Also found on Rat Island. 



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Elettsiste indica, Gaertn. Fruct. i. p. 8. — Cynosurus indicus, 

 L. Sp. PI ed. 2, p. 106, no. 8 ; Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. 2. 

 p. 86, t. xxiv. 



A weed in the garden, and also exceedingly abundant among 

 the stones of the paths throughout the main island. It seems to 

 be the only plant that forms anything like turf here. It also 

 grows on Eat Island. 



Distribution. All warm countries. 



E. ckuciata, Lam. 111. t. 48. fig. 2. — Dactyloctenium aegyp - 

 tiacum, Willd. Enum. ii. p. 1029; Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. 



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ii. p. 38, t. xxv. 



Three forms of this common plant occur here : — The typical 

 suberect form, with the leaves almost glabrous; abundant in 



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