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1. Fimbristylis podocarpa. N. ab E. — F. communis. Kunth, En. 2. p. 235. supra, p. 

 225.— Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Carex Boottiana ; culmo brevissimo, foliis subradicalibus linearibus longissime 

 subulato-attenuatis margine revolutis et ad nervum subtus scabris inflorescentiam 2-3-plo 

 superantibus, spica mascula solitaria terminali, foemineis subquaternis remotiusculis 

 longiuscule pedunculatis erectis cylindraceis apice masculis, fructibus squama lanceolata 

 setaceo-acuminata brevioribus oblongo-lanceolatis rostratis rostro longe bicuspidato ner- 

 vosis glabris patulis trigonis, angulis duobus acutissimis dorsali obtuso, stigmatibus tribus. 

 —Hab. Bonin. 



Allied to C. Hcenkeana of Presl, but that is described as having pendulous female spikes, ovate squamw, 

 and broad leaves. 



Ord. LXIV. GRAMINE.E. Juss. 

 1. Paspalus Boryanus. Presl? — Hab. Bonin. 



1. Panicum Rottieri. Kunlh. — Hab. Bonin. 



We can perceive no difference between this and the specimens from the Peninsula of British India. The 

 sheaths of the leaves are hirsute, the hairs springing from tubercles. 



2. P. commutatum. Nees ab Esenb. — Vide supra, p. 232. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



3. P. ischmmoides. Retz. — Vide supra, p. 233 Hab. Loo Choo. 



4. P. miliaceum. Lam Vide supra, p. 233. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



5. P. Italicum. Linn. — P. hordeiforme. Thunb. Ft. Jap. p. 46. tab. 9.— Hab. Loo 

 Choo. 



6. P. penicillatum. Willd. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



7. P. hispidulum. Lam. — Vide supra, p. 235. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Isachne muricata. Nees ab Esenb. — Vide supra, p. 236. — Hab. Loo Choo. 

 The only specimen in the collection has leaves longer, in proportion to the breadth, than usual. 



1. Thouarea involuta. Brown, Prod. 1. p. 137, in adnot. — Isachne involuta. Forst. 

 Prod. n. 385 Hab. Bonin. 



I. Chrysopogon aciculatus. Trin Vide supra, p. 238.— Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Imperata Kcenigii. P. de B — (3, Nees ab Esenb.— Vide supra, p. 240.— Hab. Loo 

 Choo. 



1. Pogonatherum re/ractum. Nees ab Esenb. supra, p. 239.— Andropogon crinitum. 

 Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 40. tab. 7.— Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Spodiopogon aureus; caulibus caaspitosis adscendentibus nodisque glabris, foliis lan- 



2 M 



