19, 3 Merrill: Burman’s Flora Indica 339 
Almag. 174, t. 32, f. 4. It is clearly identical with the species 
currently known as Pennisetum typhoideum A. Rich. in Pers. 
Syn. 1 (1805) 72, the generally accepted name of the species. 
However, this name is antedated by Holcus spicatus Linn. Syst. 
ed. 10 (1759) 1805, typified by the same reference ‘to Plukenet, 
and further by Panicum americanum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 56, 
and by Panicum glaucum Linn 1. c., the latter having page prior- 
ity. Additional synonyms are: Pennisetum spicatum R, & S., 
and Pennisetum americanum K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenw. 
Ostafr. B (1895) 51. Munro, Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 24 (1887) 
136, has shown that the type of Panicum glaucum Linn. is a 
Pennisetum, not a Setaria. See Hitchcock in Am. Journ. Bot. 
2 (1915) 300, and Chase op. cit. 8 (1921) 41-49. 
SPINIFEX Linnaeus 
SPINIFEX LITTOREUS (Burm. f.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) 
Bot. 229, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 92. 
Stipa littorea Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 29. 
Stipa spinifex Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 84. 
Spinifex squarrosus Linn. Mant 2 (1771) 300. 
No locality is cited, but Burman gives pre-Linnean refer- 
ences to India, Ceylon, and Amboina, and cites the Javanese 
name rompot laut; all of these refer to the species commonly 
known as Spinifex squarrosus Linn. The earliest valid specific 
name is that supplied by Burman’s publication. 
ELEUSINE Gaertner 
ELEUSINE LAGOPOIDES (Burm. f.) comb. nov. 
Cynosurus lagopoides Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 29. “Habitat Coro- 
mandeli.” 
Eleusine brevifolia R. Br. in*Wall. Cat. (1881) No. 3815, nomen 
nudum; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 294. 
Dactylis brevifolia Willd. Sp. Pl. 1 (1797) 410. 
This is reduced in Index Kewensis to Aeluropus pubescens 
Trin., which is a synonym of Aeluropus villosus Trin. — Aelu- 
ropus lagopoides (Linn.) Trin., which Burman otherwise de- 
scribed and figured as Dactylis lagopoides; see page 340. 
Burman’s Cynosurus lagopoides is apparently identical with 
the species currently known as Eleusine brevifolia R. Br., so 
that it would seem that the new combination is necessary for 
this species. Eleusine lagopoides (Burm. f.) Merr. and Aeluro- 
pus lagopoides (Linn.) Trin. are very badly confused in the 
early botanical literature. 
