INTRODUCTION TO THE REPORTS ON INSULAR FLORAS. 



15 



Naiadacej;. 

 Potamogeton gaudichaudii, Cham. 



„ fluitans, a. mariannensis, Cham. 



CyPERACEjE. 



Cyperus pennatus, Lam. 

 „ difformis, Linn. 

 Kyllinga monocephala, Rottb. 

 Fuirena umbellata, Rottb. 

 Fimbristylis pubcrida, Vahl. 



,, marianna, Gaudich. 



., littoralis, Gaudich. 



,, pilosa, Vahl. 



„ affirm, Presl. 



,, torresiana, Gaudich. 



Isolepis miliacea, Presl. 



„ willdenovrii, Roem. et Schult. 

 Eleocharis plantaginea, Roem. et Schult. 



„ atropurpurea, Presl. 



Bhynchospora aurea, Vahl. 

 liaumea mariscoides, Gaudich. (Cladiurn). 

 Carex fuirenoides, Gaudich. 

 „ comparta, Presl. 



GrAMINEjE. 



Paspalum. orbiculare, Forst. 



„ cartilagineum, Presl. 

 Panieum subquadriparum, Trin. 

 ,, gaudichaudii, Kimth. 

 Isachne minutula, Kunth. 

 Oplismenus colonics, Humb. et Kth. 

 Setaria glauca, Beau v. 

 Dactyloctenium cegyptiacum, Willd. 

 Banibusa arundinacea, Willd, ? 

 Poa tenella, Linn. 

 Cmtotheca lappaccu, Desv. 

 Haplachne pilosissima, Presl = Dimeria. 

 Andropogon chloridiformis, Gaudich. 



Kittlitz gives three views of the vegetation of Guam or Guaham, one of the 

 Marianne Islands, in which the genera Cycas, Casuarina, Ficus, Pandanus, Cordia, 

 Cerbera, Terminalia, Artocarpus, Barringtonia, Hernandia, Thespesia, and Calophyllum 

 are conspicuous. 



Elizabeth Island. (Ahout 128° W. long., and 24° S. lat.) 1 



Guettarda speciosa, Cephcelis fragrans (Bot. Beech. Yoy., t. 13), Tournefortia 

 argentea, and Euphorbia ramosissima were collected by Beechey and Cuming on this 

 island. The latter also collected a few ferns, and one or two doubtful flowering plants. 

 Cephcelis fragrans {Ixora?) is only known from Elizabeth Island. 



Easter Island. (About 109° W. long., and 27° S. lat.) 

 Endlicher enumerates the following plants from Easter Island : — 



Sapindus saponaria, Forst. 

 Thespesia popidnea, Corr. 

 Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser. 

 Samolus littoralis, R. Br. 

 Curcuma longa, Linn. 



Lepturus repens, R. Br. 

 Deyeuxia chamissonis, Kunth. 

 ,, forsteri, Kunth. 



Agrostis conspieua, Willd. 

 Paspalum filiforme, Sw. 



A few other plants, including Sophora tetraptera, Sesuvium portulacastrum, and 



other equally widely spread plants, have been collected in the island. There may be a 



fuller representation of the vegetation of this and other islands of Eastern Polynesia in 



the old collections at the British Museum, but it hardly came within the scope of this 



1 These are mere rough approximations, taken from one of Stanford's large educational maps, to give the 

 reader an idea of the positions of the islands. 



