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Bromeliace^, 



* Ananas sativa, Schult., Syst. "Veg., VII., 1283. 



Kecoguized in cultivation. 



Palm:^. 

 *{Cocos nucifera, L., Flor. Zeyl., 391.) 



Eecognized in cultivation. 



Pandaneje. 

 {Pandanus, Sp.) 



No specimens were collected, but I learn from the notes of the collector, and from Professor 



HoLDEN, that one or more of the screw pines were found growing in various parts of 



the island. 



Geamineje. 



* ? Panicum [Digitaria) marginata, Lk. ? 



Apparently identical with No. 6 of Wilkes Expl. Exp., from Cape Verde Island, in the Gray 

 herbarium, but in poor condition. 

 *Meimne Indica, Gaertn., Fruct., I., 8. 

 *Eragro8ti8 plumosa, Lk. 

 *Lcpturus repens, E. Br., Prodr., I., 207. 



FiLICES. 



*Polypodium phymatodes, L., Mantissa plant., 3G0. 



Alg^. 

 *IIalimeda triloba, Deng, f One specimen collected by Mr. Upton. 



FuNai. 



* Olwosjwriuin GalophyUi, n. sp. 



On fruit of Calopliyllum inopliyllum, L. Spores unicellular, elliptical or oblong, straight or 

 somewhat curved, obtuse at both ends ; coarsely granular or with a few large oil 

 globules; 4x18 /j, oozing out in salmon-colored masses." 



4 fi. NOTES ON THE ZOOLOGY OF CAROLINE ISLAND BY DR. DIXON, U. S. N. 



The following notes on the zoology of the island were furnished by Dr. Dixon. 

 "Although remotely situated and rarely visited by man, these insignificant points of land — mere 

 dots upon the bosom of the broad Pacific — are, in some particulars, well stocked with rei)resenta- 

 tives of the animal kingdom. They cover a wide I'ange in class, order, genus, and species. An 

 enormous number of birds occupy several of the islets; and being devoid of fear, or perhaps 

 ignorant of human enemies, a few of them permitted handling without an effort on their part to 

 escape until after their capture had been effected. 



While nature has been lavish in the bestowal of gorgeous colors to almost everything about 

 these coral formations, yet the plumage of the birds is renuirkably plain. The members of the 

 feathery tribe, covering a small scope, may be classified thus : 

 Order : Orallatores : 

 Plover. 



Heron (probably Ardeajugularis, two varieties, brown and white.) 

 Curlew. 

 Snipe. 

 Order : Longipennes : 



Seagull, two species. 



Terns, two species (one with all the feathers white, and the noddy.) 



