160 S. Kurz — A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Nicolar Islands. [No. 3, 



NB. Unfortunately, I have only brought away a single incomplete 

 specimen of this interesting form, having mistaken it at the time for a 

 variety only of the preceding. 



533. Scleeia I.EVIS, Eetz. Not unfrequent along swampy rivulets 

 on the grass-heaths of Kamorta. 



534. Carex longiaristata, Boott. — Tillangchong (Novara 20; 

 Jelinek 90). 



GBAMINE^. 



535. Paspaltjm scrobicttlatttm, L. — Frequent in cultivated and 

 uncultivated places around the penal settlement of Kamorta, often also 

 along rivulets in the grass-heaths. 



536. Paspaltjm elexttosttm, Klein. — Here and there in moist grassy 

 spots along rivulets on the grass-heaths of Kamorta. 



537. Paspalttm conjugatum, Eetz. — Frequent in grass-lands around 

 the settlement and around habitations in the beach-forests of Kamorta. 



538. Digitaria sp. (Panicumfiliforme, Roxb., vix L.), with a quite 

 glabrous variety. — Common on the grass-heaths and in the beach-forests of 

 Kamorta ; the pilose form around the huts of the natives on Katchall. 



539. Oplismeistus compositus, L. — Frequent in the tropical forests, 

 but found also in the coral-reef- and beach-forests of Kamorta and Kat- 

 chall ; (Novara 3 ; Jelinek). 



540. Panicum glaucum, L. — Here and there on the grass-heaths of 

 Kamorta. 



N. B. Dr. Diedrichsen enumerates Pennisetum as Nicobarese. 



541. Pakictjm colontjm, L. — Here and there along swampy rivulets 

 on the grass-heaths of Kamorta. 



512. Panicum Javanicum, Poir. — Karnicobar (Novara 1 ; Jelinek 

 70 — Tcujop, inc.). 



543. Panicttm eilipes, NE. — Locally in the tropical forests of Ka- 

 morta ; Pulu Milu (Novara 2 ; Jelinek 199 — objuab, inc.). 



544. Panicttm humele, NE. — Locally frequent in the dry grass- 

 heaths of Kamorta. 



545. Thtssakol^na acarieera, NE. — Not unfrequent in open or 

 cleared spots in the tropical forests of Kamorta ; Nankowry (Novara 5 ; 

 Jelinek 135 — -fetal, inc.) ; Karnicobar (Novara 4 ; Jelinek 28). 



546. Isachne mtosotis, NE. — Pare along a rivulet on the grass- 

 heaths west of Enaca, Kamorta. 



547. Isachne sp. (near Panicwm oniliare, L. but certainly differ- 

 ent). — In a swampy rivulet on the grass-heaths west of Enaca, Kamorta. 



548. Isachne miliacea, Both., var. ? httmilis, more slender, usual- 

 ly 6 — 8 in. high, the spikelets nearly half the size. — Frequent in swampy 

 rivulets of the grass-heaths of Kamorta. 



