196 MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON THE FLORA 
of its present geographical range is due to the direct agency of 
man and where it spread from. 
PANDANER. 
Pandanus odoratissimus, Linn. f. (P. verus, Rumph.).—Cook. 
Fiji, Society, and Sandwich Islands, North Australia, and 
tropical Asia. 
AROIDER. 
Raphidophora pertusa, Schott, var. vitensis, Engl. (Scindapsus 
Forsteri, Endl.; Epipremnum mirabile, Schott).—Lister. 
New Hebrides, Fiji, and Society Islands. 
The typical form is found in Eastern Australia, Malaya, and 
India. 
Narapacenz*. 
Halodule australis, Miq.— Moseley. 
Marianne Islands, New Caledonia, and the Fijis; also Malaya, 
India, Mascarene Islands, North Africa, Red Sea, and the 
Mediterranean. 
Cyprracer. [By C. B. Clarke, F.R.S.] 
Mariscus albescens, Gaudich. (Cyperus stuppeus, Forst. £. ; 
C. pennatus, Lam.).—D’ Urville ; Moseley. 
Throughout Polynesia abundant; sparsely scattered through 
the tropics of the Old World, from Guinea to the Sandwich 
Islands. 
Mariscus albescens, Gaudich., var. 3. ventricosa, C. B. Clarke 
(Cyperus ventricosus, &. Br.; C. caricifolius, Hook. et Arn.; 
C. tongatabuensis, Boeck.).— Home; Greffe. 
Australia and Sandwich Islands. 
Mariscus cyperinus, Vahl, var. 6. venusta, C. B. Clarke (M. 
umbellatus, Horne; Cyperus venustus, Forst. f. non 2. Br.).— 
Jensen. 
Throughout Polynesia; common. 
Mariscus levigatus, Hook. et Arn. non Roem. et Schult (M. 
flavus, Seem. non Vahl; Cyperus Seemannianus, Boeck. ; C. upo- 
luensis, Boeck.).— Home. 
Fiji and Navigator Islands; plentiful. 
* Until this was in type I had overlooked a record of Cymado cea isoetifolia 
Aschers. (Engl. Jahrb. vii. p. 446), from Tonga. It inhabits the Indian and 
Pacific Oceans, 
