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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 Isl. : Snodgrass and Heller. 

 Gardner Isl. (near Hood Isl.): Snodgrass and Heller. 

 Hood Isl. : 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.— Charles Isl. : Edmonston. Rob- 

 inson 1. c. suggests that there may have been some mistake in 

 the identification of this specimen. Further distr. S. U. S. 



P- sp. — Charles Isl. : (no. 1306). 



P. sp. — Chatham Isl. : (no. 1308). 



P. sp. — Duncan Isl. : (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 

 Isl. : Snodgrass and Heller. Charles Isl. : Darwin; Anders- 

 son. Chatham Isl.: Wreck Bay, occasional, 450-2100 ft, 

 (nos. 1321-1322). Narborough Isl.: north side (no. 1310). 

 Endemic. 



P. conjugatum Berg. Act. Helv. VII. 129, t. 8 (1772) ; Rob. 

 (1), 123. — Albemarle Isl. : Villamil, one of the commonest 

 grasses in the region above 1500 ft. It also occurs to some 

 extent below this elevation, (no. 1312). Charles Isl. : com- 

 mon on the sides of moist tufa walls around 1000 ft. (no. 

 1312). Chatham Isl.: Wreck Bay, common in the grassy 

 country above 700 ft. (nos. 1314-1315). James Isl.: 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. 



