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Polypodium clnioodes, Spreng. (no. 948). 

 " lanceolatum, L. (no. 958). 



" Phyllitidis, L. (no. 965). 



Trichomanes Prieiirii, Kuiize (no. 955). 

 " pyxidiferum, L. (no. 95G). 



" radicans, Svv. (no. 973). 



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



Lycopodium niollicomum, Mart. (no. 971). 



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

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

 cm. longa ; vaginis carinatis coiiipressis laxis; laminis foliorum linearibus 

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

 foliis inferioribus numerosis in specimiiie inspecta culmo aequantibus vel 

 etiam superantibus ; paniculae sim[)]icis ramis numerosis congestis ad- 

 scendentibus circa 2 cm. longis superioribus brevioribus, axe principal! 

 pubescent! rachide secundario valde scabro spiculas unilaterales valde 

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

 lanceolatis acutis translucentibus uninerv^atis carina scabra, prima circa 

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

 truncata 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." — Ndez 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 (lib. Gr., 

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

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

 while the spikelets are those of Chloris, 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 nullis ; spica 1, parva, globosa, pallida; bracteis spica 

 brevioribus — 



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

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

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



