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Catalogue of Easter Island Phanerogams. 



1. Species undoubtedly or probably indigenous. 



Gramineae. 



Pa spa hi 111 L. 



*i. P. Forsterianum Fliigge. — Plate 6, fig. i. 



Albatross no. 7! Hanga Ho Orno, near the sea (no. 641); rocky beach 

 north of Hanga Piko (no. 665); Islet Motu Nui. 



Dr. PiLGER remarks: »Mir lag ein ziemlich unvollkommenes Exemplar aus 

 dem Hb. SPRENGEL vor (Nova Caledonia: FORSTER): die unteren Halmteile 

 fehlen an dem Exemplar. Doch erscheint die Zugehorigkeit der Exemplare 

 von der Oster-Insel zur selben Art sicher.» 



Area of distribution: New Caledonia, Easter Island. 



2. P. scrobiculatum L. var. orbiculare (Forst.) Domin. 

 FORSTER ; FUENTES. — Between Hanga Ho Orno and Puhi; not uncom- 

 mon round Mataveri; Rano Kao (no. 694). 



Area of distribution: Austral., N. Caled., N. Guinea, Polyn. 



Axonopus Beauv. 



3. A. paschalis Pilger nov. spec. - Syn. P. scoparium Fliigge var. 

 nov. oligostachyum Hack, ex FUENTES, 1. c, P. paschale Stapf, nomen, ibid. 

 — Plate 6, fig. 2. 



Culmus erectus, vaginatus, apice breviter cum panicula exsertus, vel usque 

 ad basin paniculae vaginis vestitus, vaginis ad basin culmi distiche sese tegenti- 

 bus compressis, vagina suprema sub panicula elongata, ad 20 cm longa; culmus 

 cum panicula 30 — 50 cm altus, e vagina suprema nonnumquam florifero-ramosus, 

 nodis dense albido-pilosus, innovationes extravaginales erectae; foliorum lamina 

 linearis, secus medianum plicata vel demum subplana, apice ipso brevissime 

 contracta et acuta, apicem versus scaberula, ceterum ± hirsuto-pubescens vel 

 fere glabrescens, basi longe hirsuta, ligula margo brevissimus ciliolulatus; pani- 

 cula spicis paucis erectis composita, rhachis communis brevis; spicae ad 9— 10 

 cm longae strictae, rhachis angulata, triquetra, marginibus scaberula; spiculae 

 singulae, biseriatae, ovales, apice parum attenuatae, compressae, 3 mm longae, 

 gluma infera et gluma florifera anticae; gluma vacua infera dorso applanata, 

 marginibus inflexa, membranacea, ovata, subobtusa, nervus medianus nullus, 

 laterales ± conspicui utroque latere 3 — 4; gluma supera ovata, magis angus- 

 tata, dorso haud applanata, medianus tenuis, nervi laterales utroque latere 2— 3; 

 glumae dorso ad nervos pubescentes ; gluma florifera indurata straminea, glumis 



