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Habel. James Isl. : Darwin, ace. to Hook, f., 1. c. Further distrib. 

 trop. reg. 



Eriochloa, HBK. 



E. distachya, HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i. 95, t. 30 (1815); Kunth, 

 Enum. i. 72. Helopus brachystachys, Trin. Sp. Gram. iii. t. 277 (1836). 

 — Chatham Isl. : Snodgrass & Heller, no. 547 (hb. Gr.). Further 

 distrib. continental S. Am. from Panama to Brazil. 



Leptochloa, Beauv. 



L. albemarlensts, Rob. & Greenm. (1), 145, 149. — Albemarle 

 Isl. : southern portion, Baur, no. 341 (hb. Gr.) ; Iguana Cove, Snod- 

 grass & Heller, no. 58 (hb. Gr.). Endemic. 



L. filiformis, Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 580 (1817) ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. vii. 298 ; not Beauv. — Duncan Isl. : Snodgrass & Heller, no. 697 

 (hb. Gr.). Seymour Isl. : south, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 580 (hb. 

 Gr.). Widely distributed in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



L. Lindleyana, Kunth, Rev. Gram. ii. 655, t. 215 (1829), & Enum. 

 i. 525 ; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 149. L. hirta, Nees ace. to Steud. Syn. 

 i. 209 (1855). L. Hookeri, Anderss. (2), 51. Trichoneuron Hookeri, 

 Auderss. (1), 149, & (2), 51, t. 1, f. 2. Calamagrostis pnmila, Hook, 

 f. (3), 176. — Albemarle Isl. : Macrae (hb. Gr.) ; in the most sterile 

 places, Andersson ; eastern portion, Baur, no. 242 (hb. Gr. ) ; Tagus 

 Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 212 (hb. Gr.). Bindloe Isl. : Snod- 

 grass & Heller, no. 790 (hb. Gr.). Chatham Isl. : Andersson. 

 Endemic. 



L. mucronata, Kunth, Rev. Gram. i. 91 (1829). — Barrington 

 Isl. : Snodgrass & Heller, no. 491 (hb. Gr.). Not previously observed 

 on these islands. Further distrib. southern U. S., Mex. 



L. virgata, Beauv. Agrost. 71 (1812 ) ; Anderss. (1), 147, & (2), 51. — 

 Charles Isl.: upper grassy region, Andersson (hb. Gr.). Further 

 distrib. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 



Oplismenus, Beauv. 



O. setarius, Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 481 (1817) ; Rob. & Greenm. 

 (1), 148 (a species reduced by some to O. undulatifolius, Beauv.). — 

 Chatham Isl. : southwest end, middle region, Baur, no. 322 (hb. Gr.). 

 Further distrib. U. S., Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. The sterile and inde- 

 terminate Oplismenus mentioned by Caruel (1), 621, as collected on 

 Chatham Isl. by Chierchia was probably of this species. 



