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margins pilose below, becoming glabrous above. Panicle not fully- 

 developed, 3 ins. long by If broad ; in Timor specimens 8 ins. long 

 by 4 ins. broad. Spikelets f line long ; barren glumes membranous, 

 green, gl. i less than^ line long; gl. ii barely f line long, very 

 bluntly apiculate, lateral nerves as in gl. iii submarginal; gl. iii 

 ■f line, with an empty pale a little more than half its length; 

 fertile gl. barely f line ; grain unripe. 



Resembles P. arhorescens, L. (P. ovalifoUum, Poir.), in habit, but 

 differs in the much smaller lowest glume, and the shape and size of 

 gls. ii and iii. 



Sah. — Christmas Island, 1897. Also collected in Timor by 

 Wallace and Curtis (in Herb. Kew). 



16. Oplismenus compositus, Beauv. 



Coffee Garden, Flying Pish Cove, and everywhere. Nos. 7, 128. 

 ]N"o. 128 is viviparous. 



Distrih. — Tropics generally. 



17. Eleusiue indica, L. 



Common on shore cliffs. IN"©. 25 (in part). 

 Distrih. — Old World tropics. 



18. Eragrostis plumosa, Link. 



ms. 26, 138. 



Distrih. — Tropical Asia and Africa. 



GYMNOSPERMS. 



By A. B. Eendle, M.A., D.Sc, P.L.S., 

 Of the Botanical Department. 



CYCADE^. 



Cycas circinalis, L., var. javana, Miq. 



Plying Pish Cove, beach. 



Grows all round the island; most plentiful on upper terrace 

 (350 feet) at west end of south coast. 

 Native name : Penawa jambi. 

 Distrih, — Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 



