Vot. I] STEWART—BOTANY OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 35 
Cowley Bay, Baur; Tagus Cove, (no. 1277). BrnpLoe Ist. : 
Snodgrass and Heller. CHatTHAM Ist.: Andersson. Nar- 
BOROUGH IsL.: north side, abundant on lava beds (no. 1278). 
Endemic. 
L. mucronata (Michx.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. I. 91 (1829). 
Eleusine mucronata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 65 (1803). L. mu- 
cronata Kunth, 1. c.; Rob. (1), 121—BarrincTON IsL.: (no. 
1279). GARDNER IsL., (near Hoop Ist.): (no. 1281). Hoop 
IsL.: common in scant soil among rocks (no. 1280). Further 
distr. S: U.S) Mex:, W.. Ind., S: Am. 
L. virgata (L.) Beauv. Agrost. 71 (1812). Cynosurus vir- 
gatus L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2; 106 (1762). L. wirgaia Beauv. 1. ¢.; 
Rob. (1), 121.—Cuartes IsL.: upper grassy region acc. to 
Andersson. CHATHAM Ist.: Wreck Bay, occurs first at 650 
ft. (no. 1282). Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 
Oplismenus Beauv. 
O. setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Sch. Syst. II. 481 (1817). 
Panicum setarium Lam. Ill. I. 170 (1791). O. setarius Roem. 
& Sch. 1. c.; Rob. (1), 121—CuHatruHam Ist.: Wreck Bay, in 
shady places in cultivated ground around 1000 ft. (no. 1283). 
Probably an introduced species. Further distr. U. S., Mex., 
Wein) Sim, 
Panicum L. 
P. colonum L. Syst. ed. 10, 870 (1760); Rob. (1), 122.— 
Cuarces Ist.: Darwin; Andersson. Further distr. general in 
tropical regions. 
P. fasciculatum Sw. Prodr. 22 (1788); Rob. (1), 122. P. 
fuscum Sw. Prodr. 23 (1788) ; Rob.*(1), 122.—ALBEMARLE 
Ist.: Turtle Cove, in dense patches 4-6 ft. high in moist places 
near the shore (no. 1284); Villamil, in dense patches 5-6 ft. 
high in low places 2-3 miles back from the beach. The soil in 
these areas is kept moist the greater part of the time by the 
underflow of water from the interior of the island, (nos. 1285- 
1286). Cares Ist.: Snodgrass and Heller. CHATHAM 
Ist.: Wreck Bay, abundant on the sides of the road leading to 
the hacienda. This grass was only seen in January and Feb- 
ruary, when there is considerable water standing in the low 
