5 LOR: 31S. 
326 FLORA VITIENS 
oe ; libera.—Gramina ; i api 
Caryopsis oblonga, compressiuscula, intra paleas induratas lib ; Thachi spicata, con. 
tira, spiculis unilateralibus. 
1. P. serobiculatum, Linn. Maut. vol. i. p. 89; Kunth, Enum, vol. 1, p. 53; Willd. Spee, 
yal. i, p. 320; Flugge, Monogr. p. 86; Roxb. Flor, Ind. vol. i, ps 281; Trin. Te. p. 12. t. 148; 
spicis paucioribus, alternis ; rhachi plana, recta, spicularum latitudine ; glumis subrotundis, obtusis, 
glabris ; foliis superioribus nudis. 
Var. Pedicellis in media rhachi 2-partitis; glamis 3-nerviis.—P, orbiculare, Forst. Prodr. n, 
35; Brown, Prodr. vol. i, 188; Willd. Enum. p, 89. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, Co dina” (i. ¢, 
the genuine grass)—In meadows, Ovalau, Viti Levu, ete. (Seemann! n, 682), Gau (Milne and 
M‘Gillivray!), Also collected in the Tongan (Capt. Cook !), Society (Banks and Solander! Bar. 
clay !), and New Hebrides group (Milne! M‘Gillivray !). 
This grass is much used by the natives for strewing the floors of their houses and public build- 
ings (bures). 
XIII. Olyra, Linn.; Kunth, Enum. vol. i, p. 68. Spicule ¢ et in eadem panicula; lie 
terminales 2-floree (flore infer. 1-paleaceo, neutro, e]umz simili) ; ill l-floree; ¢ glume 2, membra- 
nacew, concave, inferior acuminato-aristata ; superior (rectius palea floris infer. flore super. aborti- 
ente?) 2-nervia. Palee 0. Stamina 3. Squamul 3, subcarnosi, glabre. Fl. 9: Gluma 1 (altera 
infer. 0) membranacea, concava, acuminato-aristata. Pale floris ¢ 2, coriacese, paleis breviores; 
inferior concava, superiorem parineryiam arcte inyolyens. Stamina 0. Ovarium glabrum. Stylus 
1. Stigmata 2, pilosa, pilis ramosis pubescentibus. Squamiule 3, subcarnosie, glabra. Caryopsis 
glabra, libera, paleis inclusa.—Gramina foliis latis planis membranaceis nervosis ; paniculis termina- 
libus, varius axillaribus et depauperatis, simplicibus y. ramosis; spiculis cum pedicello articulatis, 
1, O. micrantha, H.B.K. Noy. Gen. vol. i. 199; foliis oblongis angustato-acutatis, basi rotun- 
dato-subcordatis vaginisque glabris, margine glabris; panicula ramosa patula, inferne ¢’, superne } ; 
ramis verticillatis ramulisque hirtello-pubescentibus; glumis ¢ acuminato-subaristatis; hispidulo- 
scabris; paleis punctato-scrobiculatis,—Bua or Sandalwood Bay, Vanua Levu (U.S. Expl. Exped, !). 
Also found in the Orinoco region, 5. America. 
XIV. Coix, Linn, Gen. n. 1043; Endl. Gen, n. 743. Flores monceci, spicati; spicul 3, bast- 
lares, media sessilis 9 , laterales pedicellatas neutra, involucro ovato apive perforato, demum lapi- 
descente incluss, ¢ in spica v. panicula ex involucro exserta, FI. g: Spicule 2-flore, flore utroque 
sessili, Glam 2, mutics, inferior planiuscula, marginibus carinato-alatis, superior 3-gono-concay4, 
Pale 2, mutice, superior 2-carinata. Squamule 2, glabre. Stamina 3. Neutri: Spicule ml- 
nime, seepe ad pedicellum reducte. Fl. 9: Spicule 2-flore, flore inferiore neutro. Glume 2, cat- 
nose, concayee, mutice. Neutr.: Palea 1, Fl, ¢ perf. Pale 2, carnoss, superior 2-nervis. 
Rqnamalie O. Stamina effceta, minuta, Ovarinm sessile. Stylus 1; stigmata 9-3, elongata, 
pilosa. Caryopsis subglobosa, demum intra involucrum libera.—Gramen annuum, Tamosti™, 
ins farcto; foliis latiusculis planis, spicis fascieulatis, pedunculatis—Lithagrostis, Gertn. Froct. 
vol. i. p. 7, t. 1. 
te 1. ©, Lachryma, Linn, Spec. 1878; Kunth, Enum. vol. i. p. 20; Rumph. p. 5. t. 75. £25 
; eede, p. 12. t, 70 ; Lam, Til. t. 750; Willd. Spec. vol. iv, p. 202; culmo superne semiteretl 
obtuso; floribus nudis; fructibus ovatis.—C, arundinacea, Lam, Eucycl. vol, iti. p. 42. Lith 


