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GRAMINEAE. 

 Paspalum distichum, Linn. 



Paspalum distichum, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 2, i. p. 82 ; Kunth, Enum. PL, i. p. 52 ; Benth., El. Austr., 



vii. p. 461. 

 Paspalum vaginaturn, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ, i. p. 135 ; Desvaux in Gay Fl. ChiL, vi. p. 239. 

 Paspalum fernandezianum, Colla in Mem. Accad. Sc. Torino, xxxix. p. 26, t. 59 ; Steud., Gramineae, 



p. 32. 

 Paspalum chepica, Steud., 1. c, p. 21. 



Juan Fernandez. — In hill pastures, frequent — Bertero. 



Very widely dispersed in warm countries, including Chili. 



The Juan Fernandez plant is remarkable for its hairiness, which, though exaggerated 

 in Colla's figure, is very pi-ominent. Desvaux (1. c.) doubtingly referred Paspalum 

 fernandezianum to Paspalum vaginaturn, and the late General Munro absolutely referred 

 it to Paspalum distichum in Kew Herbarium, merely distinguishing it as " varietas foliis 

 hirsutis." The latter botanist is followed here in the reduction of Paspalum vaginaturn to 

 Paspalum distichum. Although Bertero signalises it as frequent on his label, this grass is 

 not in any of the recent collections. 



Phalaris intermedia, Bosc. 



Phalaris intermedia, Lose. inPoiret (Lamarck) Encycl. SuppL, i. p. 300; Cliapm., Fl. Southern U.S., 



p. 569. 

 Phalaris microsiachija, DC, Cat. Monsp., p. 131; Kunth, Enum. PL, i. p. 32; Gay, Fl. ChiL, vi. 



p. 255 ; Trin., Ic. Gram., t. 77. 

 Phalaris angusta, Necs, Agrostogr. BrasiL, p. 391 ; Trin., Ic. Gram., t. 78. 

 Phalaris robinsoniana, Ness MSS. ex Steud. Gramineae, p. 11. 

 Phalaris chilensis, Presl, Keliq. Haenk. i. p. 245. 

 Phalaris americana, Ell., Sketch Bot. N. Carol., i. p. 101. 



Juan Fernandez. Cuming; Reed; Germain. 



A very common grass in many parts of America from Carolina to Chili. The synonymy 

 given above is based upon the late General Munro's notes in the Kew Herbarium, but 

 it is probably incomplete. 



Anthoxanthum odoratum, Linn. 



Aidhoxanthuiit odoratum, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 28 ; Kunth, Enum. PL, i. p. 38 ; Benth., Fl. Austr.i 

 viL p. 557 ; Hook, f., Handb. Fl. N. Zeal., p. 321. 



Juan Fernandez and Masafuera. Reed. 



This grass colonises freely, and is now very common in many countries in the southern 

 hemisphere, even in remote localities in New Zealand as well as in islands like the present ; 

 but there are good grounds for the opinion that it is of northern origin. In the Kew 

 Herbarium there is a specimen which is three feet long, from Diana's Peak, St Helena. 



