BY J. H. MAIDEN. 553 



For further notes on this plant, see Seemann (* Fl. Vit.' p. 285). 



For an analysis of the tuber of this plant see Arum esculentum^ 

 Herapath, Liebig u. Kopp, Jahresb. 1850, Tab. D. (quoted in 

 Wolff's ' Aschen-Analysen,' i. 99). 



CYPERACE5:. 



SciRPUS sp. — Section Isolepis, apparently allied to S. riparius^ 

 Spreng., but too imperfect for absolute determination. 



GRAMINACE2E. 

 Eleusine indica, Gaertn. 



Common in coastal Queensland and north-coastal New South 

 Wales. Has spread down the coast as far south as Sydney. 



Ebagrostis ciliaris, Link. 



Growing in great profusion near the ruins of the house of 

 Williams, a trader. 



The distribution of this grass is given as " Tropical regions 

 and South Africa," but the species does not appear to have been 

 recorded from the South Sea Islands before. Our plant is 

 identical with a specimen from an island off the coast of Florida, 

 U.S.A. 



Lbpturus acutiglumis, Steud. 



Described originally from specimens collected by D'Urville in 

 Tahiti. Collected also by Rev. S. Whitmee in the Gilbert 

 Islands, according to a specimen kindly communicated by Mr. J. 

 G. Luehmann. 



Lepturus repens, R.Br. 



North Island. Found also in Queensland, in addition to other 



Pacific Islands. 



FILICES. 



Pteris marginata; Barz. — " Lakau-sauga." 



AsPLENiUM Nidus, Linn. — " Bird's Nest Fern." " Kau." 

 Found on the North Island, the fronds being from 2 to 8 feet 

 in length. The curled young tip of the frond is cooked in coco- 

 nut milk and eaten. It is the "Laumapapa" of Samoa. Our 



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