192 Christmas Island. 



AROIDE^. 



11. Remusatift vivipara, Schott. 



Phosphate Hill Eoad. ISTo. 115. January, 1898. 

 Distrib. — India, Malaya. 



CYPERACEiE. 



12. Fimbristylis cymosa, R. Br. 



Distrib. — Malaya, Australia, Polynesia. Not found in the 

 present collection. 



GRAMIKE^. 

 13. Ischsemum foliosum, var. leiophyllum. Hack. 



Flying Fish Cove. Common everywhere round coast. JN'o. 23. 



Distrib. — Endemic. 



This is the /. miiri7ium, Forst., of Hemsley's list; and is probably 

 only a form of the common tropical A siatic /. ciliare, Retz. 



I. muticum, L., cited in Mr. Ridley's list, is perhaps a mistake 

 for /. murinmn, Forst. 



14, Ligitaria sanguinalis, Scop. 



Common on shore cliffs. No. 25 (in part). 

 Distrib. — Universal. 



15. Panicum (Effusse) andrewsi, Rendle, sp. nov. (Plate XVIII.) 



Planta minor culmis tenuibus, basi repentibus tum ascendentibus, 

 usque paniculam foliatis ; foliis lanceolatis, acutis vel acuminatis, 

 basi oblique cordatis, sparse pilosis ; panicula effusa, glabra, 

 ramis solitariis, tenuibus, inferioribus ascendentibus, superioribus 

 patentibus, ramulis filiformibus ; spiculis longe - pedicellatis, 

 ellipsoideis, parvis, glabris, gluma i* quam gl. iii^ duplo minore, 

 ovata, uninervia, vel obsolete 5-nervia ; gl. ii* obovata, obtusa, 

 5-nervia ; gl. iii^ vix gl. \i^^ excedente, late elliptica, obtusa, 

 5-nervia, paleam sterilem includente ; gl. fertili coriacea, levi, 

 convexa, elliptica, 5 - nervia, marginibus paleam subsequalem 

 amplectante. 



Shoots 6-8 ins. high, internodes short, 6-8 lines long by barely 

 \ line or less in diameter, puberulous ; sheaths subequal, striate, 

 with pilose margins ; ligule very narrow, membranous ; blades 

 1-2 ins. long, 5-7 lines broad, papery, generally seven-nerved ; 



