REPORT ON THE BOTANY OF JUAN FERNANDEZ AND MASAMT.RA. 61 



Stipa (Stephanantha) fernandeziana, Philippi. 



Stipa (StepJianantha) femandeziana, PhUippij Descr. Nuevas Plantas, 1873, p. 84, nou Steud. 



Juak Fernandez. — Endemic. PItilij)j>i. 



There are no specimens at Kew agreeing with Philippi's description, according to 

 which the leaves are hairy and the awn "basi valde pilosa." 



Stipa bicolor, Vahl. 



Stipa bicolor, Vahl, Symb., ii. p. 24 ; Caw, Ic. PL, v. t. 466 ; Kunth, Emim. PL, i. p. 181 ; Gay, FL 



Chil., vi. p. 287. 

 Stipa neesiana, y femandeziana, Trin. ; Munro MSS. in Herb. Kew. 

 Stipa fernandeziana, Steud., Graminca;, p. 124, nou Philippi. 



Juan Fernandez. Douglas; Cuming; Reed. 



Not uncommon in extratropical South America. 



On the label attached to Douglas's specimen in the Kew Herbarium it is noted that this 

 grass grows from six to seven feet high in Juan Fernandez. There is some confusion of 

 the synonymy of Stipa bicolor and Piptochcetium bicolor, Desv., which has arisen doubtless 

 in consequence of the strong general resemblance of the two plants. Desvaux cites Stipa 

 bicolor, Vahl non Trin. et Rupr., as a synonym of his plant, while Munro makes it a true 

 Stipa. Philippi includes Stipa manicata, Desv., in his list, and Desvaux himself queries 

 this as being the same as Stipa bicolor, Cav. 



Piptochaetium bicolor, Desv. 



Piptochcetium bicolor, Desv. in Gay FL Chil., vi. p. 273. 



Urachne (Piptochwtium) stipoides, Trin. ; Munro MSS. in Herb. Kew. 



Juan Fernandez. Reed; Moseley. 



This is also a native of Mendoza and Monte Video, and perhaps also of some parts of 

 Brazil. It is placed in Oryzopsis, as that genus is limited by Bentham and Hooker ; but 

 as no name for it exists under that genus, and the synonymy is involved, we leave it to be 

 dealt with by some future monographer. 



Polypogon crinitus, Trin. 



Polypogon crinitus, Trin., Gram, uni- et sesquifl., p. 171 ; Steud., Graminea?, p. 183 ; Gay, FL Chil., 



vi. p. 297. 

 Pohjpogon australis, Prongn. in Duperry's Voyage, Pot. Phanerog., p. 21. 



Juan Fernandez. — In wet pastures, and by ditches — Bcrtero ; Scolder. 



Many critical species of this genus have been proposed that cannot be regarded 

 as of higher rank than accidental forms of Polypogon monspeliensis and other widely 

 naturalised species, and this seems to be one of them. 



