330 TRANSACTIONS AND PKOCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. lix. 



CLASS II.— MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



Naiadace^. 



Halophila ovata, Gaud. — Baker, Flor, Maur. Seych., 

 p. 393. Submarine coral sand, uncovered at ebb tide, 

 20 yards from the shore, 20th June 1890. Native. 

 Common. 



Gramine^. 



Paspalum distichum, Burm. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 431. Coralline limestone at the seashore, 5 feet above 

 sea-level, 20th June 1890. Native. Stems 3-4 feet 

 long, decumbent at the base, then erect. 



Panigum sanguinale, Linn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 435. Waste ground, 5 feet above sea-level, 20th June 

 1890. Native. 



* Panigum maximum, Jacq. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 436. Waste ground, 20 feet above sea-level, 18th 

 August 1888. Naturalised. A native of Guinea. 



Stenotaphrum complanatum, Schrank. — Baker, Flor. 

 Maur. Seych., p. 440. Common on coralline limestone, 

 20th June 1890. Native. 



Eleusine indica, G?ertn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 451. Waste ground, 18th August 1888. Native. 



Dactyloctenium tegyptiacum, Willd. — Baker, Flor. 

 Maur. Seych., p. 452. Waste ground, 15 feet above sea- 

 level, 18th August 1888. Native. Stems tufted. Spikes 

 2-3, l-^ inch long. Stigmas whitish. Inner empty 

 glumes oblong, deeply boat-shaped, awned. 



Chloris barbata, Sw. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 453. 

 Waste ground, 5-20 feet above sea-level, 4th March 1889. 

 Native. 



Eragrostis tenella, Beauv. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 455 (fide J. G. Baker). Coralline limestone, 10 feet 



