332 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
s >in Aneitum by that of “ Nettoh .” 
it i -n by the name of “ Ko;”’ in Rotuma by that of “ Thou ;” in y tt 
ee ee that of  Nti;’ and im the Malayan Archipelago by that of * Tubbu.” The un- 
mixed Papuan races have names for the plant, in which the etymological root “To” cannot be recognized, 
Kunth, Enum. vol. i. p. 477. Spiculze 2, alterna sessilis, 
IV. Imperata, Cyrill, Icon, t. 11. 
9-flore. Glume 2, membranacev, subequales, 
alterna pedicellaty, omnes fertiles, basi articulatze, 
mutics, externe pilis longissimis sericcis obsite. Flos inferior 1-pale 
Pale 2, minute, hyaline, muticz. Stamina 2. Ovarium glabrium. Styli 2, 
Caryopsis libera (?).—Panicula contracta, spice- 
aceus, hyalinus ; flos superior 
hermaphroditus. 
clongati. Stigmata plumosa. Squamule 0. 
formis, cylindracea, spiculis externe pil. longios. seric. obsitis. 
1, I. arundinacea, Cyrill, 1. c.; Rumph. Amb. vol. vi. t. 7. fig. 2.—Saccharum cylindricum, 
Lam, Eneycl. vol, i. p. 588. t. 40. fig. 2. Lagurus cylindricus, Linn. Spec. p. 120. Saccharum 
Thunbergii, Retz, Obs, fase. v. p. 17. Imperata cylindrica, Beauv. Agrost, vol, vii. t. 5. fig. 1. 
Saccharum Kenigii, Retz. Obs. fase. v. p- 16. Imperata Kenigii, Beauv, Agrost. p. 165. Saccharum 
spicatum, Burm. Herb. S. Sisca, Cav. Icon. vol. iii. t. 292.—Vanna Levu (U. 8. Expl, Exped. !). 
Also found in Aneitum, and Isle of Pines, off New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray !) ; and distributed over 
Southern Europe, Northern and Western Africa, the East Indies, and South America. 
V. Bleusine, Gertn. Fruct. vol. i. p. 8. t. 1; Endl. Gen. n, 841. Spiculz: 2—6-flore, floribus 
2.stichis, omnibus @. Glume 2, carinate, mutica, superior inferiorem amplectens. Palee 2, 
mutice, inferior carinata, superior 2-carinata. Squamulz 2, emaryinato-2-lobe. Stamina 3, 
Ovarinm sessile, Styli 2, terminales; stigmata plumosa. Caryopsis libera (epicarpio membranaceo, 
solubili).—Gramina annua, foliis planis; spicis digitato-fasciculatis ; spiculis 1-lateralibus, 
]. E. Indica, Gertn. Fruct, vol. i, p, 8. t. 1; Lam, Il. vol. i. p. 203. t. 48. f. 3; Mich, Flor, 
yol, i. p. 64; Humb, Bpl. et Kunth, Nov, Gen, yol. i. p, 165; Trin. Icon, p. 6. t. 71; culmo compresso ; 
basi ramoso; foliis glabris ; ligula pilosa; spicis digitatis, strictis; spiculis sub-6-floris. (Kunth.)— 
Cynosurus Indicus, Linn, Sp. p. 106 (Rheede, p, 12. t. 69) ; Willd. Sp. vol. i. p. 417; Forst, Prod. n. 
45, Panicum compressum, Forsk. Deser. p. 18 (teste Vahl, Symb. vol. ti. p. 21). Aleusine distans, 
Meench. Paspalum dissectum, Kniphof. Cent. p. 11. n. 74.—On roadsides, throughout Viti (See- 
mann! nu. 683; Sir BE. Home!), Also collected in the Samoan (U, 8. Expl. Exped. !), and Society 
Islands (U. 8. Expl. Exped.!), Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Wiles and Smith !), Sandwich (Bar- 
clay! Macrae!), Tongan (Barclay! Sir E. Home!), New Hebrides (M‘Gillivray !), Isles of Pines 
(M‘Gillivray !). 
VI. Centotheca, Desv. Journ, Bot. vol. iii, p. 70; Endl. Gen. n. 877. Spiculse 3-4-flor, 
compress, floribus remotis 3, summis 1-2 tabescentibus. Glumze 2, carinate, mutica, subaquales. 
Paleze 2, inferior carinata, mutica, in flore superiore margine versus apicem tuberculata, tuberculis 
retrorsum setosis; superior brevior, 2-carinata. Squamule 2, sinuato-emarginate. Stamina 2-3, 
ovarii stipitulo inserta. Ovarium stipitatum, glabrum, Styli 2, terminales; stigmata plumosa, 
ee Se CBnne ONE compressiuscula, glabra.—Gramen erectum, simplex; paniculz simplicis 
ramis fasciculato-semiverticillatis, spiculis racemosis, pedicellatis. 
1, C. lappacea, Desv. in Journ. de Bot. 1818, p. 70; Kunth, Enum, vol. i. p. 366; Beauv. 
Agrost, p. 69, t. 14. f.7; Kunth, Gram, vol. i, p. 317. t. 70,—Cenchrus lappaceus, Linn. Spee. 
1488; Willd. Spec. vol. i. p. 316. Poa latifolia, Porst. Prodr. p. 8. n. 44; Vahl Symb. weit nies 
vee Magellanicus, Reem, et Schult. Syst. vol. ii, p. 485, How latifolius Osh. It. p. 247; 
Linn. Spec. 1486; Willd. Spec. vol. iv. p. 937 (teste Trin.). Torresia? Ja fifo oon Teade, Agrost. p. 
165. Mierochloa? latifolia, Kunth, Gram. vol, i. p. el. Melica lappacea, Rasgail Uniola lappucea, 
