242 THE BOTANY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND, 



P. colonum, L. 



This common grass occurs in Flying Fish Cove in no 

 great abundance. It is probably of recent introduction 

 as it was not collected by Andrews. 



It is common all over the tropics and warmer parts 

 of the world. 



P, Andrews^ Rendle. 



This elegant grass described by Rendle in the 

 monograph of Christmas Island p. 192, and figured 

 on PL XVIII of that work, seems to be very local. 

 Andrews gives no specific locality for it, and I sought 

 it unsuccessfully everywhere till I found it on the 

 basalt outcrop above Flying Fish Cove. The plants, 

 were almost completely dried up, and those I found 

 were much more elegant than the figure represents. 

 It is more graceful and slender than P, ovalifolium. 



Distribution Timor. 



Pant cum clival e, n. sp. 



A tufted grass with a short creeping rhizome about 

 6 inches tall, stems slender. Leaves narrow linear acute 

 glabrous 2 inches long J inch wide, ligule ciliate. 

 Panicle slender few branched erect, branches scabrid. 

 Spikelets solitary shortly pedicelled with a sinuous 

 slender scabrid barren branch subtending each, about 

 \ inch long. Pedicel of spikelet very short with a cup- 

 shaped top spikelet ovoid barely \ inch long. Glume I. 

 ovate subacute small. 61. II. more than twice as large 

 ovate obtuse 3 ribbed purple. 61. III. ovate lanceolate 

 twice as large as 61. II. purple. 61ume IV. white 

 crustaceous finely dotted large lanceolate boatshaped 

 Palea thin lanceolate narrower. 



Very local on the dry earth above Tom's Ladder, 

 in Flying Fish Cove not previously collected. 



Setaria glauca, Beauv. A single plant of this almost world- 

 wide weed of cultivation was found by me on Phosphate 



Jour. Straits Branch 



