918. FLORA VITIENSIS. 
1. F. communis, Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 234; glauca; glabra v. villoso-pubescens ; culmis 
teretiusculis (?), sulcatis ; foliis anguste linearibus, planis; umbella composita vel decomposita, pře- 
rumque pauciradiata ; involucro 2-5-phyllo; spicis ovato-lanceolatis, ovatis vel ellipticis, acutis; 
squamis latissime ovatis, breviter mucronatis, dorso viridibus, lateribus superne magis minusve in- 
tense castaneo-fuscis, glabris; stylo 2-fido, fimbriato-ciliato ; achenio 2-convexo, umbonato, subtiliter 
cancellato, stramineo-albido vel fusco, margaritaceo-nitido.—F. diphylla, Vahl, Enum. vol. ii. p. 289. 
F. striata, Labill. Austr. Cal. p. 79. t. 16. f. 2.—Taviuni (Seemann! 675). Also found in New 
Caledonia, New Holland, tropical Asia, and Africa. 
2. F. arvensis, Vahl, Enum. vol. ii. p. 291; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 237 ; cæspitosa; culmis 
strictis, compressis, superne 3-angularibus, glabris; vaginis pubescentibus ; foliis brevibus, anguste 
linearibus, margine scabriuseulis; umbella simplici vel composita; radiis valde inzqualibus, 1-5- 
stachyis, glabris; involucro 1-2-phyllo; umbella breviore; spicis ovato-oblongis, acutis, centralibus 
sessilibus ; squamis ovato-ellipticis, sub apice rotundato mucronatis, ferrugineis, superne canescenti- 
puberulis; staminibus 3; stylo 2-fido, fimbriato-ciliato; achenio obovato, umbonato, turgide lenti- 
culari, externe convexiore, subtilissime impresso-punctulato, fusco, nitido.—Scirpus arvensis, Retz. 
Obs. vol. iv. p. 11. S.tranquebariensis, Roth, Cat. vol. iii. p. 6; ejusd. Nov. Spec. 29 (fide specim- 
in Herb. Reg. Berol.). S. cinereo-fuscus, Willd. Herb. n. 1259. fol. 3. S. pallescens, Willd. Herb. 
n. 1269. fol. 2 (forma monostachya). F. marginata, Labill. Nov. Caled. p. 11. t. 16.— Ovalau and 
Taviuni (Seemann! n. 674). Also collected in New Caledonia, the East Indies, and Mauritius. 
VII. Eleocharis, R. Brown, Prodr. p. 224; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 139. Spicee co-, rarius 
pauciflore. Squame undique imbricatze, conformes, paucissime inferiorum vacue. Calyx ; sete 6, 
interdum plures vel pauciores, sepissime retrorsum hispid, rarissime 0. Stamina 3, rarius pauciora. 
Stylus 3-, rarius 2-fidus, basi dilatatus. Achenium 3-angulare v. lenticulare, basi styli persistente 
coronatum.—Herbe ; culmi vaginati, aphylli, monostachyi. 
1. E. articulata, Steud. Syn. Glum. vol. ii. p. 81; rhizomate repente ; culmis teretibus superne 
approximate interstinctis, sterilibus fertiles zequantibus acutis; spica cylindrica culmo angustiore ; 
squamis obovato-cuneiformibus subtiliter striatis pallidis, 2 infimis ovatis obtusis evidentius striatis ; 
achenio obovato-lenticulari crenulato-costulato, infra rostrum constricto.—Limnochloa articulata, 
Nees ab Esenb. Cyper. Bras. p.100. Scirpus articulatus, Salzm. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, ** Kuta.” 
—Vanua Levu, in swamps about Bau Bay (Seemann! n. 678). Also found in Brazil. 
Used by the natives for making a very fine and elastic kind of matting. 
VIII. Kyllingia, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 11; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 127. Spice compressz, 
1-2-florz, flore superiore d, rarius 8-floree. Squam:e distiche, fertiles carinatz, steriles (2 inte- 
riores) parvze. Sete squamuleque 0. Stamina 1-8. Ovarium lateribus compressum. Stylus 2- 
fidus, deciduus. Achenium lateribus compressum, apicatum.—Herbe; culmi basi foliato, rarissime 
aphylli. Folia graminea, capitulis solitariis, rarius geminis v. ternis, compactis, involucratis. . 
1. K. monocephala, Linn. Suppl. p. 104; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 129; repens; culmis 
erectis, triangularibus, basi foliatis; foliis membranaceis, planis, apicem versus margine carinaque 
ciliolato-spinulosis ; capitulo solitario, globoso, denso; involucro 3-4-phyllo, longissimo; spicis 1- 
floris; squamis 2 superioribus subzequalibus, compresso-navicularibus, superne incrassato-cristatis, 
crista spinuloso-ciliata, acutato-mucronatis, purpureo-punctulatis, 7-nerviis superiore altius inserta ; 
staminibus 2; achenio elliptico, lateribus compresso, apicato, subtilissime punctulato, stramineo- 
