244 MR. R. N. RUDMOSE BROWN ON 
PLANTAGO MAJOR, Linn. Sp. Pl. 112. 
Common and doubtlessly introduced. 
Distribution. Generally throughout the northern hemisphere 
and introduced widely elsewhere. 
MONOCOTYLEDONES.* 
Scrrpus Tuovarstanus, Schult. Mant. ii. (1824) pp. 84 et 538 ; 
Hemsl. Chall. Bot. i. 11. pp. 156-158, tt. 33 et 34. S. prolifer, 
Thou. Esq. Fl. Trist. p. 86, t.7. S. squarrosa, Spreng. Syst. 
Veg. iv. (1827) p. 28; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) 
p.507. S. Thouarsianus, Schult., var. bicolor, Hemsl. Chall. 
Bot. i. 11. p. 156, t.34 (8-16). S. prolifero-ramosus, Boeck. 
in Flora, lviii. (1875) p. 261. S. virens, Boeck. in Flora, 
lviii. (1875) p. 260; Hemsl. Chall. Bot. i. 11. p. 158, t. 33 
(7-12). S. pallescens, Boeck. ex Hemsl. Chall. Bot. i. 1. 
p. 158. S. Thouarsianus, Schult., var. pallescens, Hemsl. 
Chall. Bot. i. 11. p. 158, t. 33 (1-6). 
Isolepis prolifera, Carmich. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xii. 
(1818) p. 503. I. squarrosa, Carmich. le. xii. (1818) 
p. 503. I. bicolor, Carmich. 1. c. xii. (1818) p. 508 ; 
Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 216. I. aeugnana, Schult. Mant. ii. 
(1824) p. 532; Kunth, Enum. ii, p. 216. I. Thouarsu, 
A. Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 109; Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 216. 
Very common. 
Distribution. Tristan da Cunha, Inaccessible and Nightingale 
Islands. 
SCIRPUS SULCATUS, Thou. Esq. Fl. Trist. p. 36, t. 7; Hemsl. 
Chall. Bot. i. 11. p. 155 (var. Moseleyanus excl.) t. 81. 
S. Thouarsii, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iv. (1827) p. 27. 8. con- 
spersus, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 505 pro p. 
Isolepis suleata, Carmich. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xii. 
(1818) p. 503; Kunth, Enum. à. p. 216. I. Carmichael, 
Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 107. 
Not uncommon. 
Distribution. Tristan da Cunha group only, unless the New 
Zealand plant Scirpus sulcatus var.? f). tristigmatosa, C. B. 
Clarke, MSS., ean be regarded as truly belonging to this 
species. 
* For the determination of the species of Scirpus I am indebted to 
Mr. C. B. Clarke. 
