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3 American and 33 Polynesian, pantropical etc. Of the endemic species, 

 DryopteHs Espinosai t Axonopus paschalis and Danthonia paschalis are consid 



ered to have their nearest relatives in South America. Thus, it is of interest 

 to find that there is a small » American element* in the flora of Paster Island, 

 distant some 2,000 miles from the American shores. 



