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spicuous, compound, leafy, blackish, coarctate panicle. On the mountains behind Hono- 

 lulu, C. P. 



(No. 9) ; sheaths trialate ; seed smooth. " District of Puna, forming small beds 



in wet places near woods," Brackenridge. 



(No. 10) ; perhaps distinct; smallest. Environs of the Great Crater. 



Ehynchospora (No. 2). Small, and slender. Puna, and between Hilo and the Great 



Crater; filling marshy spots in the inequalities of the lava-surface. 

 ? (No. 3); stout, many-flowered. In the forest on Mauna Kea, at the elevation 



of three thousand feet : and apparently the same glaucous species, on the mountains 



behind Honolulu. 



nov. sp., (No. 4). Having gladiate Tris-like leaves, six to eight feet by three- 

 fourths of an inch. On the mountains behind Honolulu, at the elevation of from 1500 

 to 2000 feet. 



(No. 5) ; long-beaked. On the mountains behind Honolulu ; also, on Hawaii. 



Nov. gen. near Rhynchospora, (No. 1). Stem six to ten feet high; leaves six or eight 



feet long, coriaceous, the margin minutely serrated ; inflorescence as in Rhynchospora, 



but fr. roundish and not conspicuously beaked ; florets very numerous. Met with only 



along the stream back of Honolulu, C. P. 

 Fimbristylis (No. 7). Humble, only two to four inches high. On maritime rocks on 



Oahu, and the Southeast coast of Hawaii ; growing also around the Great Crater. 

 (No. 8) ; smaller than F. spadicea. Towards the South-east coast of Hawaii, 



growing on the old lava-surface. 

 Eleocharis (No. 3). In wet situations, on the mountains behind Honolulu, at the saw-mill 



near Hilo, and elsewhere. 

 Cyperus (No. 5) ; spikelets of from twelve to sixteen striate florets. Growing in the 



environs of the Great Crater, and ceasing on Mauna Roa at the elevation of 5000 feet. 

 (No. 6). Humble, only two to four inches high; spikelets about ten-flowered. 



In the environs of the Great Crater; and observed by Mr. Brackenridge "in barren 



places on Diamond Hill," near Honolulu. 



• nov. sp., (No. 7). Large and fine. In the mountain-defile across West Maui. 



(No. 8) ; near C. flavescens ; spikelets of about twenty florets. On the mountains 



behind Honolulu. 



Mariscus nov. sp., (No. 3). Four feet high, stout ; capit. closely imbricate, many-flowered. 

 Maritime ; growing by the sea-side at the Northern base of Mauna Kea. 



(No. 9) ; near P. colonum. Naturalized in the environs of Honolulu, and in 



other localities; having been introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



Cenchrus (calyculatus ; No. 1, bis Metia to the Feejee Islands). Frequent on the low 

 alluvial isthmus on Maui; also, on Oahu, and in other localities; introduced, uninten- 

 tionally, by aboriginal settlers. 



Eleusine Indica, (No. 1, bis Metia to Tongatabu). Regarded by Mr. Minor as an intro- 

 duced weed, "multiplied within the observation of resident Whites," 



Eragrostis capillaris ?, compare United States. Spikelets about twelve-flowered. Pathway 

 on the Leeward side of West Maui ; introduced, (perhaps from the United States), by 

 colonial Whites. 



