182 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Panicum Indicum spica longissima. ©. B. Theat. Bot. p. 523. 
An account of pearl millet. Said to be cultivated occasionally. No common 
name is given. The specimen is Pennisetum americanum (L.) Schum. 
Frumentum Indicum Mays dictum. C. B. Cat. p. 26. 
An account of Indian corn or maize (Zea mays L.) as cultivated in Jamaica. There 
is no specimen. 
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Gramen caninum maritimum spicatum quartum. ©. 1B. Cat. p. 29. 
The specimen is Sporobolus virginicus (1..) Kunth. 
Gramen spica brizae singulari, locustis majoribus, villosis, purpurascentibus. 
Cat. p. 30. Tab. 64. Fig. 1, 
The specimen is the Andropogon secundus of Grisebach’s Flora. The awns are all 
fallen off. The plate appears to have been taken from this specimen. 
Gramen paniceum maximum, spica divisa, aristis armatum. Cat. p. 30. 
Sloane gives the common name ‘Scotch grass.’’ The specimen is Eehinochloa 
erus-galli (..) Beauv. with medium-long awns. Sloane states that this is cultivated 
all over Jamaica for fodder. 
Gramen paniceum majus, spica simplici laevi, granis, petiolis insidentibus. 
Cat. p. 30. Tab. 64. Fig. 2. 
This is cited by Linneeus under Olyra latifolia@ and the Sloane specimen is the type. 
Gramen paniceum spica simplici laevi. Raii hist. p. 1261. 
The specimen is Chaetochloa imberbis (1..) Seribn. 
Gramen paniceum minimum humi stratum, spica divisa mutica, foliis varie- 
gatis. Cat. p. 30. Tab. 64. Fig. 3. 
This is cited by Linnzeus under Panicum colonum. There are two specimens, 
Echinochloa colona (L.) Link, from which the plate is made, and Panieum reptans L. 
(P. prostratum Lam.). 
Gramen echinatum maximum spica rubra vel alba. Cat. p. 30. 
The specimen is Cenchrus echinatus 1.,, under which it is cited by Linnzeus. 
Gramen maritimum echinatum procumbens culmo longiori & spicis stri- 
gosioribus. Cat. p. 30. Tab. 65. Fig. 1. 
This is cited by Linnzeus under Cenchrus tribuloides. The specimen is (. caro- 
linianus Walt. 
Arundo saccharifera. C. B. Cat. p. 30. Tab. 66. 
The specimen is sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum TL.) and is cited by Linnzus 
under Saccharum officinarum. 
Arundo maxima folio dentato. Cat. p. 32. 
There is no specimen. Sloane is evidently describing a bamboo. 
Arundo alto gracilis, foliis e viridi caeruleis, locustis minoribus. (at. p. 33. 
Tab. 67. 
Sloane designates this as “the trumpet reed.’”’ The specimen is Phragmites phrag- 
mites (L.) Karst. (P. communis Trin.). 
Gramen dactylon bicorne tomentosum minus. Cat. p. 33. Tab. 68. Fig. 2. 
This is cited by Linneus under Andropogon virginicum.6 The specimen is Andro- 
r 
pogon leucostachys 1. B. K 
Gramen dactylon spicis brevibus crassis plerumque quatuor cruciformiter 
dispositis. Cat. p. 33. 
The specimen is Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. 
aSyst. Nat. ed. 10. 1261. 1759. bSp. Pl. ed. 2. 1482. 1762. 
