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group it is known by the name of “ Ko;" in Rotuma by that of * Thou ;" in Aneitum by that of * Nettoh ;" 
in New Caledonia by that of * Nti;" and in the Malayan Archipelago by that of “Tubbu.” The un- 
mixed Papuan races have names for the plant, in which the etymological root “To” cannot be recognized. 
IV. Imperata, Cyrill, Icon. t. 11. Kunth, Enum. vol. i. p. 477. Spiculz 2, alterna sessilis, 
alterna pedicellata, omnes fertiles, basi articulate, 2-flore. ^ Glum:e 2, membranaceze, subsequales, 
mutiez, externe pilis longissimis sericeis obsite. Flos inferior 1-paleaceus, hyalinus ; flos superior 
hermaphroditus. Palee 2, minute, hyaline, mutica. Stamina 2. Ovarium glabrum. Styli 2, 
elongati. Stigmata plumosa. Squamule 0.  Caryopsis libera (?).—Panicula contracta, spicæ- 
formis, cylindracea, spiculis externe pil. longios. seric. obsitis. 
l. I. arundinacea, Cyrill, l. c.; Rumph. Amb. vol. vi. t. 7. fig. 2.—Saccharum cylindricum, 
Lam. Encycl. vol. i. p. 588. t. 40. fig. 2. Lagurus cylindricus, Linn. Spec. p. 120. Saccharum 
Thunbergii, Retz, Obs. fasc. v. p. 17. Imperata cylindrica, Beauv. Agrost. vol. vii. t. 5. fig. 1. 
Saccharum Kenigii, Retz. Obs. fasc. v. p. 16. Imperata Kenigii, Beauv. Agrost. p. 165. Saccharum 
spicatum, Burm. Herb. S. Sisca, Cav. Icon. vol. iii. t. 292.— Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped. !). 
Also found in Aneitum, and Isle of Pines, off New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray !) ;,and distributed over 
Southern Europe, Northern and Western Africa, the East Indies, and South America. 
V. Eleusine, Gertn. Fruct. vol. i. p. 8. t. 1; Endl. Gen. n. 841. Spicule 2-6-flore, floribus. 
2-stichis, omnibus $. Glumæ 2, carinate, muticæ, superior inferiorem amplectens. Palee 2, 
mutiez, inferior carinata, superior 2-carinata. Squamule 2, emarginato-2-lobe. Stamina 3. 
Ovarium sessile. Styli 2, terminales; stigmata plumosa. Caryopsis libera (epicarpio membranaceo, 
solubili).— Gramina annua, foliis planis; spicis digitato-fasciculatis; spiculis 1-lateralibus. 
1, E. Indica, Gertn. Fruct. vol. i. p. 8. t. 1; Lam. Ill. vol. i. p. 203. t. 48. f. 3; Mich. Flor. 
vol. i. p. 64; Humb. Bpl. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. vol. i. p. 165 ; Trin. Icon, p. 6. t. 71; culmo compresso ; 
basi ramoso ; foliis glabris; ligula pilosa; spicis digitatis, strictis; spiculis sub-6-floris. (Kunth.)— 
Cynosurus Indicus, Linn. Sp. p. 106 (Rheede, p. 12. t. 69) ; Willd. Sp. vol. i. p. 417; Forst. Prod. n. 
45. Panicum compressum, Forsk. Descr. p. 18 (teste Vahl, Symb. vol. ii. p. 21). Eleusine distans, 
Meench. Paspalum dissectum, Kniphof. Cent. p. 11. n. 74.—On roadsides, throughout Viti (See- 
mann! n. 683; Sir E. Home!). Also collected in the Samoan (U. S. Expl. Exped. !), and Society 
Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.!), Tahiti (Banks aud Solander! Wiles and Smith D, Sandwich (Bar- 
clay! Macrae!), Tongan (Barclay! Sir E. Home!), New Hebrides (M‘Gillivray !), Isles of Pines 
(M‘Gillivray !). ; 
VI. Centotheca, Desv. Journ. Bot. vol. iii. p. 70; Endl. Gen. n. 877. Spicule 3-4-flore, 
compressze, floribus remotis 4 , summis 1-2 tabescentibus. Glumz 2, carinatze, muticee, subzequales. 
Pale: 2, inferior carinata, mutica, in flore superiore margine versus apicem tuberculata, tuberculis 
retrorsum setosis; superior brevior, 2-carinata. Squamule 2, sinuato-emarginate. Stamina 2-3, 
ovarii stipitulo inserta. Ovarium stipitatum, glabrum. Styli 2, terminales; stigmata plumosa. 
Caryopsis oblique ovata, compressiuscula, glabra.—Gramen erectum, simplex; paniculz simplicis 
ramis fasciculato-semiverticillatis, spiculis racemosis, pedicellatis. 
1. C. lappacea, Desv. in Journ. de Bot. 1813, p. 70; Kunth, Enum. vol. i. p. 366; Beauv. 
Agrost. p. 69. t. 14. f. 7; Kunth, Gram.+vol. i. p. 317. t. 70.— Cenchrus lappaceus, Linn. Spec. 
1488; Willd. Spec. vol. i. p. 316. Poa latifolia, Forst. Prodr. p. 8. n. 44; Vahl, Symb. vol. ii. p. 18. 
Oplismenus ? Magellanicus, Roem. et Schult. Syst. vol. ii. p. 485. Holcus latifolius, Osb. It. p. 247; 
Linn. Spec. 1486; Willd. Spec. vol. iv. p. 937 (teste Trin.). Torresia? latifolia, Beauv. Agrost. p. 
165. Hierochloa? latifolia, Kunth, Gram. vol. i. p. 21. Melica lappacea, Raspail. Uniola lappacea, 
