192 Christmas Island, 



AROIDE^. 



11. Eemusatia vivipara, Schott. 



Phosphate Hill Road. ^N'o. 115. January, 1898. 

 Distrih, — India, Malaya. 



CYPERACE^. 



12. Fimbristylis cymosa, R. Br. 



Distrih. — Malaya, Australia, Polynesia. I^ot found in the 

 present collection. 



GRAMINE^. 



13. Ischsenmm foliosum, var. leiophyllum, Hack. 



Plying Pish Cove. Common everywhere round coast, '^o. 23. 



JDis trib . — Endemic . 



This is the /. murinum, Porst., of Hemsley's list; and is probably 

 only a form of the common tropical Asiatic I. ciliare, Retz. 



/. muticum, L., cited in Mr. Ridley's list, is perhaps a mistake 

 for /. murinum, Porst. 



14. Digitaria sanguinalis, Scop. 



Common on shore cliffs. JSTo. 25 (in part). 

 Bistril. — Universal. 



15. Panicum (Effusse) andrewsi, Rendle, sp. nov. (Plate XYIII.) 



Planta minor culmis tenuibus, basi repentibus tum ascendentibus, 

 usque paniculam foliatis ; foliis lanceolatis, acutis vel acuminatis, 

 basi oblique cordatis, sparse pilosis ; panicula effusa, glabra, 

 ramis solitariis, tenuibus, inferioribus ascendentibus, superioribus 

 patentibus, ramulis filif ormibus ; spiculis longe - pedicellatis, 

 ellipsoideis, parvis, glabris, gluma i* quam gl. iii* duplo minore, 

 ovata, uninervia, vel obsolete 5-nervia ; gl. ii* obovata, obtusa, 

 5-nervia ; gl. iii* vix gl. ii*°i excedente, late elliptica, obtusa, 

 5-nervia, paleam sterilem includente ; gl. fertili coriacea, levi, 

 convexa, elliptica, 5 - nervia, marginibus paleam subaequalem 

 amplectante. 



Shoots 6-8 ins. high, internodes short, 6-8 lines long by barely 

 ^ line or less in diameter, puberulous ; sheaths subequal, striate, 

 with pilose margins; ligule very narrow, membranous; blades 

 1-2 ins. long, 5-7 lines broad, papery, generally seven-nerved; 



