Part 2. 

 EASTER ISLAND. 



Chapter XIV. 



Composition, distribution and relationships of the Flora. 



I, Angiospermae. 

 Gramineae. 



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



forsterianiim Fluegge. \. Caled. 



scrobiculatuui L. var. orhiculare (Forst.) Domin. X. Guin., xA.ustral., X. Caled., 

 Polyn. 

 Axonopus Beauv. About 75, the majority in X. and S. Amer. 



paschalis Filler. Related, according to Pll.GER, to A. scoparius (Fluegge) 

 Pilger, a S. American species. 

 Slip a L.i 



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

 Sporobolus R. Br. Over lOO, trop.-subtrop., most numerous in Amer. 



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

 N. Zeal. 



Calamagrostis Adans. About 150, mostly temp., north and south. 



retrofracta (Willd.) Link. (Agrostis Willd., A. tiliformis (Forst.) Spreng.) Aus- 

 tral, Tasm., X. Zeal, Polyn., Hawaii. 

 Dichelachne Endl 2, Austral, X. Zeal. 



sciurea (R. Br.) Hook, fil Austral, X. Zeal. 

 Dmitlionia DC. 



paschalis Pilger. Perhaps most nearly related to I). cJiilensis Desv. 

 Eragrostis Host. Over 200, trop.-subtrop. 



elongata Jacq. E. Ind. to Malays, and Polyn. 



Cyperaceae. 



Cyperus L. 



eragrostis Lam. Very 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 here. 



