248 THE BOTANY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND. 



grows in very extensive patches and is very abundant 

 Distribution India, Malaya. 



G. Lister i, Bak. 



Abundant on the Plateau. This grows like the last 

 in great masses on the ground, often mixed with the 

 other species but more frequently alone, also on 

 Phosphate Hill. 



Endemic. 



LYCOPODIACEiE. 



Lycopodium phleg?naria, L. 



Fairly common high up on trees, on the Plateau. 

 Distribution tropics of the old world. 



Selaginella rupicola, n. sp. 



A slender plant 6 inches tall with few sub-erect 

 branches, rooting for half or more than half its length, 

 stem terete below, angled above. Leaves dimorphous 

 ovate sub-clasping obtuse edges ciliate 1/16 inch long, 

 distant ; the others much smaller ovate cuspidate ciliate. 

 Spikes \ inch long. Bracts dimorphous, sterile ones boat 

 shaped subacute edges ciliate, fertile ones ovate cuspi- 

 date ciliate keeled. 



In holes in the rock at Smith Point rare. Endemic. 



Mosses. 



Identified by Mr. A. Gepp. 

 Fissidens Hollianus Doz. and Molk. Bry. Jav. I. p. 4 t. 4. 

 On the Plateau, a new record. 



Leucobrijuni chlorophyll 'osum, C. Muell. 



pn the Plateau, collection also by Andrews. 

 Distribution, Sumbawa, Celebes. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



