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318 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
1. F. communis, Kunth, Enum, vol. ie p. 234 ; glauea ; elabra v. villoso-pubescens i culmis 
teretiusculis (?), suleatis ; foliis anguste linearibus, planis ; umbella composita vel decom posita, ple- 
rumque pauciradiata ; involucro 2-5-phylio ; spicis ovato-lanceolatis, ovatis vel ellipticis, acutis ; 
squamis latissime ovatis, brevyiter mucronatis, dorso viridibus, laterihus superne magis minusve in 
tense castaneo-fuscis, glabris; stylo 2-fido, fimbriato-ciliato ; achenio 2-convexo, umbonato, subtiliter 
cancellato, stramineo-albido vel fusco, margaritaceo-nitido.—F. diphylla, Vahl, Enum. vol. 1. p, 289, 
F. striata, Labill. Austr. Cal. p. 79. t. 16. f. 2.Taviuni (Seemann! 675). Also found in New 
Caledonia, New Holland, tropical Asia, and Africa, 
9. F. arvensis, Vahl, Enum. vol. 11. p. 291; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 237; czespitosa; culmis 
strictis, compressis, superne 3-angularibus, glabris ; vaginis pubescentibus ; foliis brevibus, anguste 
linearibus, margine scabriusculis ; umbella simplici vel composita; radiis valde inzqualibus, 1-5- 
stachyis, glabris; involucro 1-2-phyllo ; umbella breviore ; spicis. oyato-oblongis, acutis, centralibus 
sessilibus ; squamis ovato-ellipticis, sub apice rotundato mucronatis, ferrugineis, superne canescenti- 
puberulis; staminibus 3; stylo 2-fido, fimbriato-ciliato ; achenio obovato, umbonato, turgide lenti- 
culari, externe convexiore, subtilissime impresso-punctulato, fusco, nitido.—Scirpus arvensis, Retz. 
Obs. vol. iv. p. 11. SS. tranquebariensis, Roth, Cat. vol. iii. p. 6; ejusd. Nov. Spec. 29 (fide specim- 
in Herb. Reg. Berol.). 8. cinereo-fuscus, Willd. Herb, n. 1259, fol. 3. S. pallescens, Willd. Herb, 
n. 1269. fol. 2 (forma monostachya), F, marginata, Labill. Nov, Caled. p. 11. t. 16.—Ovalan and 
Taviuni (Seemann! n, 674). Also collected in New Caledonia, the East Indies, and Mauritius. 
VII. Eleocharis, R. Brown, Prodr. p. 224; Kunth, Enum, vol. ii. p. 139. Spice co-, rarius 
paucifiore. Squamz undique imbricatze, conformes, paucissime inferiorum vacue. Calyx; sete 6, 
interdum plures vel pauciores, sepissime retrorsum hispid, rarissime 0. Stamina 3, rarius pauciora. 
Stylus 3-, rarius 2-fidus, basi dilatatus. Achenium 3-avgulare v. lenticulare, basi styli persistente 
coronatum.—Herbze ; culmi vaginati, aphylli, monostachyi. 
1. BE. articulata, Steud. Syn. Glum, vol. ii. p. 81; rhizomate repente; culmis teretibus superne 
approximate interstinctis, sterilibus fertiles equantibus acutis ; spica cylindrica culmo angustiore; 
squamis obovato-cunciformibus subtiliter striatis pallidis, 2 infimis ovatis obtusis evidentius striatis ; 
achenio obovato-lenticulari crenulato-costulato, infra rostrum coustricto.—Limnochloa articulata, 
Nees ab Esenb. Cyper, Bras. p.100. Scirpus articulatus, Salam. Nomen yernac, Vitiense, “ Kuta.” 
—Vauua Levu, in swamps about Bau Bay (Seemann! un. 678). Also found in Brazil, 
Used by the natiyes for making a very fine and elastic kind of matting. 
VIII, Kyllingia, Linn, f. Suppl. p. 11; Kunth, Enum, vol. ii. p. 127. Spicse compress, 
1-2-fiore, flore superiore ¢\, rarius 3-floras. Squame distichz, fertiles carimatee, steriles (2 inte- 
viores) parve. Setz squamuleque 0. Stamina 1-3. Ovarinm lateribus compressum., Stylus 2- 
fidus, deciduns, Achenium lateribus compressum, apicatum,—Herbie; culmi basi foliato, rarissime 
aphylli. Folia graminea, capitulis solitariis, rarius geminis v, ternis, compactis, involucratis. 
1. K. monocephala, Linn. Suppl. p. 104; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 129; repens; cnlmis 
erectis, triangularibus, basi foliatis; foliis membranaceis, planis, apicem versus margine carinaque 
ciliolato-spinulosis ; capitulo solitario, globoso, denso; inyolucro 3-4-phyllo, longissimo; spicis 1- 
floris; squamis 2 superioribus subzequalibus, compresso-navieularibus, superne incrassato-cristatis, 
erista spinuloso-ciliata, acutato-mucronatis, purpureo-punctulatis, 7-nerylis superiore altius inserta ; 
staminibus 2; achenio elliptico, lateribus compresso, apicato, subtilissime punctulato, stramimeo- 


