Part 2. 

 EASTER ISLAND. 



Chapter XIV. 



Composition, distribution and relationships of the Flora. 



I. Angiospermae. 

 Gramineae. 



PaspaluDi L. More than 200; trop. to temp., most numerous in Amer. 



forstcria)un)i Muegge. X. Caled. 



scrobiculatnui L. var. orbicitlare (Forst.) Domin. X. Guin., Austral., N. Caled. ^ 

 Polyn. 

 Axouopus l^eauv. About 75, the majority in X. and S. Amer. 



paschalis Pilger. Related, according to I^ILGKR, to A. scoparius (Fluegge) 

 Pilger, a S. American species. 

 Siipa L.i 



horridula Pilger. Related species in S. Amer. and Austral. 

 Sporoboliis R. Hr. Over lOO, trop.-subtrop., most numerous in Amer. 



elou(^atus R. Br. [as indicus (L.) R. Br. in 2jo\. S. As., Malays., Austral., 

 X. Zeal. 

 Calauiai:;rostis Adans. About 150, mostly temp., north and south. 



rctyofracta (Willd.) Link. (Agrostis W'illd., A. filitbrmis (Forst.) Spreng.) Aus- 

 tral., 'i'asm., X. Zeal., Polyn., Hawaii. 

 DichclacJuic ICndl. 2, Austral., X. Zeal. 



sc/Nna (R. \^v.) Hook. fil. Austral., X. Zeal. 

 nauthojiia DC. 



paschalis Pilger. Perhaps most nearly related to /). cJiilciisis 13esv. 

 I'j-(li^ras/is Host. ()\er 200, trop.-subtrop. 



i-loiigata Jacfj. \\. Ind. to Malays, and Polyn. 



Cyperaceae. 



C)pcri(s L. 



cragrostis Lam. \^ery likely introduced, and this may be the case also with 

 the other species. 



^ The area of genera and species also found in Juan Fernandez was indicated in Pt. i and 

 is not repeated liere. 



