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Polypodium chnoodes, Spreng. (no. 948). 

 laiiceolatum, L. (no. 958). 

 Phyllitidis, L. (no. 965). 



Trichonaanes Prieurii, Kunze (no. 955). 

 pyxidiferum, L. (no. 956). 

 radicans, Sw. (no. 973). 



Selaginella stenophylla, A. Br. (no. 972). 



Lycopodium mollicomum, Mart. (no. 971). 



Cliloris paniculata, Scribner, nov. sp., " perennans dense caespitosa 

 3-5 dm. alta foliis longis angustis, inflorescentia dense paniculata 8-10 

 cm. longa ; vaginis carinatis coinpressis laxis ; laminis foliorum lineavibus 

 3-4 mm. latis longe attenuatis serrulatis praeter marginis scabrae glaber, 

 foliis inferioribus numerosis in specimine inspecta culmo aequantibus vel 

 etiam superantibus ; paniculae simplicis ramis numerosis congestis ad- 

 scendentibus circa 2 cm. longis superioribus brevioribus, axe ijrincipali 

 pubescenti rachide secundario valde scabro spiculas unilaterales valde 

 imbricatas biseriales gerente; spiculis 2.5-3 mm. longis, glumis sterilibus 

 lanceolatis acutis translucentibus uninervatis carina scabra, prima circa 

 1.5 mm. secunda circa 2.5 mm. longa, gluraa fertili oblongo-lanceolata 

 truucata 2-2.3 mm. longa in margine carinaque scabra, nervo medio in 

 setam scabridam 1-1.5 mm. longam producto ; callo dense barbato, capil- 

 lis longissimis circa 1 mm. aequantibus : flosculo sterili 1 mm. longo vel 

 breviori setam suae longitudinis gerente." — Nuez Isl. (an islet near 

 Cocos Isl.) : abundant in bunches 3-5 dm. in diameter, covering consid- 

 erable areas on cliffs near the coast, Snodgrass & Heller^ no. 968 (hb. Gr., 

 hb. U. S. Dept. Agric). Endemic. " This grass is somewhat anoma- 

 lous, having the infloresence of Leptodiloa, suggesting that of L. scabra, 

 while the spikelets ^re those of Chlorls, to which it has seemed best to 

 refer it." 



Paspalum conjugatum, Berg. (no. 943). 

 " platycaule, Poir. (no. 942). 



Calyptrocarya Palmetto, Nees (no. 947). 



Cyperus sphacelatus, Rottb. (no. 946). 



Hypolytrum sp. (no, 945). 



Kyllinga nudiceps, C. B. Clarke, nov. sp., " culmis caespitosis, fili- 

 formibus; foliis uullis ; spica 1, parva, globosa, pallida; bracteis spica 

 brevioribus — 



Rhizoma visum vix 5 mm. longum. Culmi 2-3 dm. longi. Vaijinae 

 pallide bruneae, glandulis rubris laete inspersae, apice in altero latere 

 productae, nou virides. Spica 5 mm, in diam., multispiculosa ; bractea 



