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P. flava, marked Gron. Virg. 13, is Poa crocata, Michx.; but that 
name should be altered to P. flava. 
P. pilosa. Not in Herb. 
9. P. amabilis, L.! This is the plant which is generally called P. (Era- 
grostis) plumosa, Link. It is also Hermann's species (fide Herb. ii. 
59 !) from which F7. Zeyl. 46 is described, and is Pluk. t. 300. f. 2, 
marked in the margin, by Linneus himself, P. amabilis, and to be 
found in Plukenet's Herb. i. 187, from Cape Comorin. The plant 
generally called P. amabilis is P. (Erag.) unioloides, and is also to 
be found in Plukenet’s Herb. J. c. m 
. P. Eragrostis, L.! 
. P. capillaris, L.! One from Kalm; another from Sloane, figured at 
t. 72; and another from Upsal Garden : all true P. (Erag.) capillaris. 
. P. Malabarica is Panicum Arnottianum, Nees. The reference to 
Rheede is correct ; it is a very fair drawing. 
. P. Chinensis, sent by Osbeck from China, is Leptochloa Chinensis, 
Nees. 
. P. tenella, There is much confusion about this plant. There is 
no specimen in the Herb. of what is now considered tenella. One 
from India marked tenella by Linn. is the same as No. 9, above, P. 
amabilis; and Linnzus has written a long MS. description on the 
specimen. Rumph. Amb. 6, t.4. f. 3,is a good drawing, and is marked 
by Linnzus himself as Poa tenella. Rheede, if correctly quoted, is 
a miserable drawing. Pluk. t. 300. f. 2is P. amabilis. T there- 
fore consider that all above belong to P. amabilis, and that the 
P. tenella ultimately intended by Linneus is what is now called 
Eragrostis tenuissima, Schrad., is Pluk. t. 190. f. 4, and is in his 
Herb. i. 186! 
- P. compressa, from Upsal Garden, is ordinary Poa pratensis. 
. P. nemoralis, L.! Seven sheets are correct; one, also so marked, 
from Kalm, is Reboulea gracilis, Kunth ; Reboulea truncata, Torr. 
P. bulbosa, L.! All viviparous except one specimen with very nar- 
row leaves and extremely similar to P. ligulata, Boiss. 
P. palustris, 2nd edit. Sp. Pl. p. 98. Not in Herb. 
P. rigida, Am. Acad. iv. 265, is Festuca rigida, Kunth. 
P. ciliaris, L.! Am. Acad. v. 392. From Jamaica, Browne. 
P. spicata, Mant. 32. Not in Herb. 
P. distans, Mant. 32, is Sclerochloa arenaria, Nees. This is marked 
by Linneeus “Aira aquatica." 
