274 LOO CHOO AND BONIN. [Filices. 



ceolatis acuminatis subconvolutis glabris vel basi ad margines parce pilosis, spicis binis 

 dichotomis, spiculis subconformibus lanceolatis, rhacheos ramis triquetris flavo-ciliatis 

 angulis poriformibus, gluma inferiore ad medium usque connexa laevi supra medium 

 plana nervosa versus margines pubescente spicae sessilis acute bicuspidata pedicellata 

 subulata vel longe ante apicem hinc unicuspidata, superiore bicuspidata inter dentes 

 setigera, arista flosculi superioris hermaphroditi spiculam subquadruplo superante. — 

 Hab. Loo Choo. 



2. S. ischamoides ; culmo nodis vaginisque glabris, foliis lineari-acuminatis glabris 

 planiusculis, vagina summa subinflata microphylla, spica dichotoma oblonga densiflora, 

 spiculis ovatis, gluma inferiore spiculffi sessilis basi connexa Irevi supra medium nervosa 

 marginata minute bidentata, superiore acuminata seta spiculam fere duplo superante 

 spies pedicellatae mutica, rhachi triquetro parce albido-ciliata caeteroquin ad spiculam 

 basin glabra — Ischosmum minus. Presl, in Kunth, En. 1. p. 514? — Hab. Bonin. 



]. Vilfa elongata. Nees ab Esenb — Far. spiculis aeneis. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. A vena fatua. Linn. — Hab. Loo Choo, 



1. Oryza sativa. Linn. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Bambusa — Hab. Loo Choo.— (There are no flowers.) 



Ord. LXV. FILICES. 



1 . Lygodium Japonicum. Sw — supra, p. 255. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Grammitis (Loxogramme, Presl,) coriacea, kaulf.; fronde lanceolata utrinque 

 attenuata acutiuscula coriacea evenia integerrima margine plana, soris obliquis crassis 

 subelongatis. — Hab. Bonin. 



Allied to Gr. lanceolata, Sw. (Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 43.) but that has larger, broader, and much less 

 coriaceous fronds, with the lines of fructification parallel with the costa. 



1. Selliguea decurrens. Presl— Grammkis decurrens. Wall.— Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. 

 t. 6. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Aspidium (Cyrtomium, Presl,) falcatum, Sw.— Polypodium falcatum. Th. Fl. Jap. 

 p. 336. t. 36 Hab. Bonin. 



Nearly allied to Aspid. {Cyrtomium, Pr.) caryotideum, Wall, in Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 69, but very 

 different in the form and serratures of the pinnae, and in the nature of the indusium, which is here furnished 

 with a distinct umbo. 



2. A. (Nephrodium) exaltatum. Sw. — supra, p. 256 Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Asplenium patens. Kaulf. Enum. Fil. t. 175. Hab. Bonin. 



1. Pteris longifolia. Linn. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



2. P. serraria. Sw.—F. Cretica. Th. Fl. Jap. p. 332. (non Linn.)— Hab. Loo Choo. 



