scabris, radice fibrosa.—¿toA, Hort. Birol. 1. p . 185. Cat. n. 1778.— Eragrostis,
JfaiL Cat. it. 3 828.— E . major, Host, Gram. 4. t. 24.— P o a inegastachyu. Kod. Gr. p.
181. Aftri. et Koch, FL Germ. 1. p . 597. Kiuith, Eii. l .p . 3 3 3 .— P. polymorplm. Koen.
e.r Herb. Kiehi. niUd. in Act. Am. N a t. Car. 4. p . 194 (m p a r te ) .~ V . flexuosa. Boxb.
FL ItitL 1. p . 3 3 9 : (ed. JialL) 1. p . 3 4 0 .— P . pseiuloamabìlis. Boxb. in Cict. Merc. Ind.
Or. Mus. tab.%4'3 (fide N r» .).—P . K o sbm g h ian a. Schult. Mant. 1. p . 314. Kunth, E n .
1. p. 3 3 5 .— P . cuspidata. Both, Nov. Sp. Fi. p. 04, (ubi axillæ paniculæ fere a u t omnino
imberbes).
H a b . Ad Macao; M ilk tt.
[Our CWuese specimeus belong to the form which Roth has called Poa cuspidata, the axils of tlie panicle
being almost naked ; the panicle is large, as in Roxburgh’s P . JÎexuosa, aud like it some of the specimens
have the lower branches alternate ; others, however, have them somewhat verticillate. It somotiraes happens
in this species that the upper florets of the spikelet are abortive, when the spikelet is roundish-ovate as in
Poa omiwa,]
4. [E . MiUettii: panicula racemoso-composita p atu la erecta rigida, ramis alternis
p ro p e a basi divisis axillis nudis, pedicellis spiculam sæpius æquan tib u s rariusve in ramis
compositis ilia brevioribus, spiculis lineari-lanceolatis demum stramineis 8-l6 -fio ris laxe
imbricatis, valvula inferiori ovata acutiuscula mutica subcliartacea trinervi nervo laterali
p a rum promiuulo superiori m arg in e scabra persistente, culmo simplici stricto basi dense
folioso. foliis subdistichis patulis convoluto-subulatis vaginisque p aten tim hirsutis, radice
fibrosa cæspitosa multiculmi.
H a b . Circa Macan, et in insulis vicinis ; Millett: G. H Vachell, n. 54.
This elegant and very remarkable species is readily distinguished from all others of the section with which
we are acquainted, by its very hairy convolute leaves and sheaths. Unless by accident another plant has
been mixed, this must be what Nees v. Esenbeck calls, in his MS. to Dr. Lindley, E . Brownii ; at least what
P ro f Henslow has sent to both of us from Mr. Vachell’s collection, n. 54, is the present species : it is possible,
however, that he might not have seen the foliage, for in tbat respect it differs widely from E . Brownii of
Kunth, and of N. v. E. in Herb. Wight.]
5. E . ÌVilldenoiciana ; panicula racemoso-composita pa tenti-erecta, ramis omnibus
alternis, axillis glabris p ro p e a basi divisis, pedicellis brevibus, spiculis lineari-lanceolatis
cinerascenti-viridibus, rhachilla post anthesin flexuosa, valvula inferiori ovata o btusa m utica
trin e rv i nervo laterali prorainulo superiori ciliata persistente, caryopsi ovata trigona
su b tru n c a ta striolata, culmo ramosissimo adscendente nodisque glabris, vaginis glabris
ore b a rb a tb , foHis linearibus mai*gine scabris, radice fibrosa multiculmi. N . ab E . in
Wight, Cai. n. 1779.—E . polymorpha. Boem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 2. p . 5 75.— Poa polymorpha.
WiUd. in Act. Am . N a t. Cur. Berol. 4. p . 194 (ex parte). Kunth, En . p . 345.—
P . Gangetica. R o xb .? Fl. In d . \ . p . 3 4 0 ; {ed. Wall.) l . p . 341.
H a b . Circa Macao ; Millett.
Rhachilla, imprimis peracta anthesi, valde flexuosa, ramis etiam paniculæ flexuosis et caryopsi majore com-
piessotrigona obtusiasima (postice modo concava, modo obtusata) facile distinguitur ab E . Brownii, Kunth ;
ab E . megastachya distinguitur axillis paniculæ glabris callo flavo nec fusco præditis, rarnig parciu* divisig,
apicem versus simplicibus, foliis angustioribus, caryopsi non globosa, spiculis angusLionbus.— Vix dubium
puto, Willdenowiiiin cum Poam suarii polymorpharn riescriberct, tres modo ri as, megastcuJiyum
inteliigas, Brownii, et haiic Willdenowianarn nostram coratn habuisse. Nornen igitur, neque banc Warn ob
causam, mutandum erat.
fi. E. Brownii ; panicula p a tu la vel co n tracta erecta, ramis alternis strictis a medio
vel paullo inferius divisis, axillis nudis, spiculis lineari-lanceolatis 10-20-flor!s g lau c is
viridibus, rh ach illa recta denticulata, valvula inferiori ovata acutiuscula trin e rv i su p erio ri
minutim ciliata persistente, caryopsi oblonga striata, culmo ramoso nodisque g lab ris,
vaeinis ore barbatis, foliis angustis subinvolutis. N . ab E . in Wujht, Cat. n. 1780.
Po°a polymorpha. 11. Brown, Prod. Fl. Nov. Holt. 1. p . 1 8 0 . - P . Brownii. Kurdh, Gram.
\ . p . H 2 ; En . l . p . 333.
Hxii. Ad Macao, et in insulis vicinis ; G. H. Vachell, n. 54.
Caryopsis forma et ramificationc panicnloe satis differre vidotur isla specie» a P . palymmpha, Willd.
[We have retained this name as it is in N. v. Esenbect’s manuscript, and as we are informed both b.v Dr.
Lindley and Prof. Henslow that it was part of Mr. Vachell’s, n. 54, whieli was subjected to his in,pect.on i
all the other specimens of that number, however, which wc have seen, bcloi^ to our E , MtUcUit, nor have
we ourselves yet seen a single plant of E . Brownii from China,]
§ S. Tenelltei panicula capillari sæ p e o e r tic illa ta , a p ic u lis angustis, vahulis plerumque tenuibu, píBucirUs.
7. E . verticillata ; panicula patula, ramis capillaribus flexuosis, inferioribus v erticillatis
ad axillas magis minusve b arbatis spatio a basi divisis, spiculis linearibus acutis 7 -1 1-flons
vaiiegatis totisve p u rp u ra tis, gluma inferiori minuta, valvula inferiori membranacea
obtu.sa trin erv i nervis parum prominulis superiori breviori margine scabra, caryopsi
obovata compressa læviuscula, culmo ramoso infracto, foliis linearibus vaginisque glabris,
his ore sæpe barbatis. P . de Beauv. N . ab E . Agrost. B ra s. p . 508 (cum synon.)—
y, In d ica ; vaginis ore axillisque paniculæ valde barbatis, culmo ramosissimo. N . ab E .
I. c.— Po a Indica. WiUd. in Act. Am. Nat. Cur. Berol. 4. p . 194. Boem. el Sch. .Syst.
Veg. 2. p . 552. Kunth, E n . 1. p . 263.
H a b . y. Circa Macao, et in insula Lappas aliisque vicinis ; Millett; G. H. VacheU, n. “ b."
Species magnitudine et colore spicularum variabilis, sed e spiculis angustis, ramis paniculæ gracillimis sæpe
contortis, glnma inferiori duplo minore, caryopsi compressa, teneritate quadam et subdiiuie pantum bene
distincta. Poa punctata. Lion, eadem planta esse videtur, cujus fors minorem pauperemque aliquam sobolem
Roxburghius punctatoe titulo descripsit, cum raraificationes simplices dixit et spiculas remouusculas. Si Poa
punctata, Linn, eadem ac verticillata, Cav., nomen punctatoe resiituendum est. Ab E . tendía diffen
spiculis angustioribus, ramis paniculæ gracilioribus magis diftusis, gluma inferiori minori, sed Poam íenellam.
Roxb., nescio an rectius ad lianc verticUlatam rcferam.
[With renard to Ro.xburgh’s species, we may add to the above : that P. diandra Çn E. I. C. Mus. tab.
Î.330) appears to be unquestionably the common form of this plant, or that where the axils of the panicle
ure scarcely or not at all beardless. His P. punctata (figured in E. I. C. Mus. tab. 339, under the name
of P . amabilis) may be a form, but has tlie branches of the panicle truly simple, and the caryopsis oblong .
if belonging to this species, it is a form of the same variety as P . diandra, Roxb. As to P . tauJIa, Roxb.,