Vor. I] STEWART—BOTANY OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 37 
Wreck Bay, occasional in low places around 300 ft. The soil is 
very wet in this region during the season in which the species 
occurs, (no. 1301). Duncan Ist.: Snodgrass and Heller. 
GARDNER Ist. (near Hoop Ist.): Snodgrass and Heller. 
Hoop Ist.: common among rocks (no. 1302). Endemic. 
P. serotinum (Michx.) Trin. Gram. Panic. 166 (1826). 
Digitaria serotina Michx. Fl. I. 46 (1803). P. serotinum 
Trin. 1. c.; Rob. (1), 123—Cuartes Ist.: Edmonston. Rob- 
inson |. c. suggests that there may have been some mistake in 
the identification of this specimen. Further distr. S. U.S. 
Psp OraARbEs isL.) (0s) L506). . 
P. sp.—CuaTHam Ist.: (no. 1308). 
P. sp.—DuncaNn Ist.: (no. 1307). 
All three of the above specimens are in too poor a condition 
for determination. They probably represent three distinct 
species. 
Paspalum L. 
P. canescens Anderss. (1), 132, and (2), 42; Rob. (1), 123. 
P. longe-pedunculatum Rob. (1), 124, not Le Conte—ALBE- 
MARLE IsL.: Cowley Bay, Andersson ; Iguana Cove, in bunches 
on the sides of the cliffs above the cove (nos. 1317-1318) ; 
Tagus Cove, in large bunches, 600-4000 ft., (nos. 1309, 1319- 
1320) ; Villamil, common at 3150 ft. (no. 1311). BINDLOE 
Ist.: Snodgrass and Heller. CHARLES Ist.: Darwin; Anders- 
son. CHATHAM Ist.: Wreck Bay, occasional, 450-2100 ft., 
(nos. 1321-1322). Narsoroucu Ist.: north side (no. 1310). 
Endemic. 
P. conjugatum Berg. Act. Helv. VII. 129, t. 8 (1772) ; Rob. 
(1), 123—Atpemarte Isi.: Villamil, one of the commonest 
grasses in the region above 1500 ft. It also occurs to some 
extent below this elevation, (no. 1312). Cuarves IsL.: com- 
mon on the sides of moist tufa walls around 1000 ft. (no. 
1312). CuatrHam Ist.: Wreck Bay, common in the grassy 
country above 700 ft. (nos. 1314-1315). James Ist.: James 
Bay, abundant in open places and in open woodland above 1500 
ft. (no. 1316). This is the principal forage grass on the 
islands where it occurs. Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am., 
Tropical Africa. 
