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Cowley Bay, Baur; Tagus Cove, (no. 1277). Bindloe Isl. : 

 Snodgrass and Heller. Chatham Isl. : 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. — Barrington Isl. : (no. 

 1279). Gardner Isl., (near Hood Isl.) : (no. 1281). Hood 

 Isl. : common in scant soil among rocks (no. 1280). Further 

 distr. S. U. S., Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 



L. virgata (L.) Beau v. Agrost. 71 (1812). Cynosurus vir- 

 gatus L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 106 (1762). L. virgata Beauv. 1. c. ; 

 Rob. (1), 121. — Charles Isl.: upper grassy region ace. to 

 Andersson. Chatham Isl.: 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. 111. I. 170 (1791). O. setarius Roem. 

 & Sch. 1. c. ; Rob. (1), 121. — Chatham Isl.: Wreck Bay, in 

 shady places in cultivated ground around 1000 ft. (no. 1283). 

 Probably an introduced species. Further distr. U. S., Mex., 

 W. Ind., S. Am. 



Panicum L. 



P. colonum L. Syst. ed. 10, 870 (1760) ; Rob. (1), 122.— 

 Charles Isl. : Darzvin; Andersson. Further distr. general in 

 tropical regions. 



P. fasciculatum Sw. Prodr. 22 (1788) ; Rob. (1), 122. P. 

 fnsciim Sw. Prodr. 23 (1788); Rob. (1), 122. — Albemarle 

 Isl. : 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). Charles Isl.: Snodgrass and Heller. Chatham 

 Isl. : 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 



