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margins pilose below, becoming glabrous above. Panicle not fully- 

 developed, 3 ins. long by If broad ; in Timor specimens 8 ins. long 

 by 4 ins. broad. Spikelets f line long ; barren glumes membranous, 

 green, gl. i less than \ line long ; gl. ii barely f line long, very 

 bluntly apiculate, lateral nerves as in gl. iii submarginal; gl. iii 

 ■§- line, with an empty pale a little more tban half its length; 

 fertile gl. barely -§- line ; grain unripe. 



Resembles P. arhorescens, L. (P. ovalifolium, Poir,), in habit, but 

 differs in the much smaller lowest glume, and the shape and size of 

 gls. ii and iii. 



Sab. — Christmas Island, 1897. Also collected in Timor by 

 "Wallace and Curtis (in Herb. Kew). 



16. Oplismenus compositus, Beauv. 



Coffee Garden, Plying Pish Cove, and everywhere. Nos. 7, 128. 

 No. 128 is viviparous. 



Distrib. — Tropics generally. 



17. Eleusiue indica, L. 



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

 JDistrib. — Old "World tropics. 



18. Eragrostis plumosa, Link. 



Nos. 26, 138. 



Distrib. — Tropical Asia and Africa. 



GYMNOSPERMS. 



By A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc, P.L.S., 

 Of the Botanical Department. 



CYCADE^. 



Cycas circinalis, L., var. javana, Miq. 



Flying Fish Cove, beach. 



Grows all round the island; most plentiful on upper terrace 

 (350 feet) at west end of south coast. 

 Native name : Penawa jambi. 

 Distrib. — Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 



