72 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON THE 



Oetza SATITA, L. 



Eice is cultivated to a small extent at Sambaquichaba. 



Anthephoea elegans, Schreh. Beschreih. Graes. ii. p. 105; 

 Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. p. 313. — Tripsacum bermapbro- 

 ditum, L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 1378. — Cencbrus Isevigatus, Trin. 

 Fund. Agrost. p. 172. 



Tolerably plentiful on tbe sandy ground bebind Fort San- 

 Antonio, also near tbe Sapate. 



Distrihution. Tropical America. 



A common weed in tbe grass-plots in Pernambuco. 



Sacchaettm OFFiciNAEtrM, L. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 54. 

 Tbe sugar-cane is largely cultivated in tbe main island. 



AlSDEOPOGON SCH(ENANTHUS, L. ? 



A tuft of a very sweet-scented grass was found in a corner 

 of a maize-field, wbere I believe it bad been planted. Tliere was 

 no flower on it, but it apparently belonged to tbis species. 



SoEGnuM vulgaee, var. sacchaeatum ? 

 A few plants occurred in a maize and sugar-cane field near 

 Sambaquicbaba. 



S. halepense, Pe7's. Syn. p. 101 ; Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 ii. 2. p. 272.— Holcus balepensis, L. Sp. PL ed. 2, p. 1047. 



A weed in tbe garden of tbe Director's bouse, and forming 

 dense tbickets on tbe slopes of Peak and Water Bay below tbe 

 village. Also found on Eat Island. 



Eletjsine indica, Gaertn. Fruct. i. p. 8. — Cynosurus indicus, 

 L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 106, no. 8 ; Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. 2. 

 p. 86, t. xxiv. 



A weed in tbe garden, and also exceedingly abundant among 

 tbe stones of tbe patbs tbrougbout tbe main island. It seems to 

 be tbe only plant tbat forms anytbing like turf bere. It also 

 grows on Eat Island. 



Distribution. All warm countries. 



E. CEUCiATA, Lam. 111. t. 48. fig. 2. — Dactyloctenium segyp- 

 tiacum, Willd. Enum. ii. p. 1029; Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 ii. p. 38, t. XXV. 



Tbree forms of tbis common plant occur bere : — Tbe typical 

 suberect form, witb tbe leaves almost glabrous; abundant in 

 waste ground in tlie village, «&c., also on Eat Island. A tall, 

 erect, but weak form, witb flaccid, very bispid leaves ; a single 



