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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS, 



(No. 7). Three to four feet high ; sheaths not ahate ; nut smooth, obtuse. 



Naloa. 



Nov. gen. Caric. (No. 1) ; but habit of Scirpese. Caryopsis beaked. Frequent on Ovo- 



lau, growing in tufts in the forest. 

 Fimbristylis (No. 4). A foot high ; leaves pubescent, the older ones smoother. Naloa. 

 (No. 5) ; long linear leaves. Ovolau. 



(No. 6) ; apparently a third species ; the leaves broader. Ovolau. 



Trichelostylis ; bis (No. 1) Tongatabu ; Scirpus of authors. Flat-stemmed. Ovolau. 

 Abildgaardioid ; bis (No. 1) Tongatabu. Muthuata, and elsewhere; abundant. 

 Eleocharis (No. 1, and compare Peru and Australia) ; near New Zealand sp. Stem 



articulate, three to five feet high. Growing in water, at Rewa and elsewhere. 

 (No. 2) ; resembling the preceding, but the stem not articulate. Three to four 



feet high. Mbua Bay, and Naloa. 

 Cyperus (compare No. 3 Samoa) ; near our N. American C. strigosus. Mbua Bay. — 



Apparently the same species found there by Mr. Brackenridge, having the spikelets 



subulate and flexuous. 



(No. 4). Normal ; nine inches high ; spikelets compressed, having about four- 

 teen florets. " Ovolau," Brackenridge. 



(Gen. Paniceae ?) ; bis (No. 1) Samoa to Tongatabu. Pubescent. Creeping in maritime 

 sands ; Muthuata, and elsewhere. 



Gen. Digitarioid, with long awns, (No. 1). Woods on Ovolau. 



Digitaria ; compare (No. 2) Taheiti (to Tongatabu). Frequent in the unwooded dis- 

 tricts. 



(ciliaris) ; bis (No. 3) Tongatabu. Stems and sheaths hairy. Abounding on the 



Leeward portion of the Group. 

 Orthopogon ; compare (No. 1) Taheiti to Tongatabu. Frequent in woods, at Mba and 



elsewhere. 



; bis (No. 2) Tongatabu. Larger than the last, and more branched. Ovolau. 



Paspalum ; compare Taheitian sp. Frequent in the unwooded districts. 



Lepturus; compare (No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to) Samoa and Tongatabu. In mari- 

 time sands on " Nemena or Direction Island," Brackenridge ; and in similar localities 

 elsewhere. 



; perhaps distinct. Growing on the hills. 



; bis (No. 3) Tongatabu. In cultivated ground, Levuka and elsewhere ; also seen 



at Mba. 



Cenchrus (calyculatus ; No. 1, bis Metia to Tongatabu). In a cocoa-nut grove, on the 

 North coast of Viti-Ievu. 



Coix lachryma, (No. 1, bis Samoa to Tongatabu). Frequent in cultivated ground ; 

 introduced (by aboriginal settlers). 



Rhapis acicularis, (No. 1, bis Taheiti to Tongatabu). Rather rare. 



Bambos (bis Taheiti, and No. 1 Samoa) ; leaves rough, minutely serrulate ; cutting. 

 Probably introduced. In the living state, seen only near a plantation in the Sandal- 

 wood District ; but bamboo stems were in common use in all the Feejee villages. 



Saccharum officinale, (bis No. 1 Metia to Tongatabu) ; the sugar-cane. Abundantly 

 cultivated by the natives, and the stems seeming unusually sweet. — The degenerate slen- 



