778 NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS, SYDNEY, 



Search alone will settle the question as to whether F. ohtusi- 

 folius, M. and K., will yet be found in Australia, but, so far, all 

 the Australian specimens received by Herr Baagoe under this name 

 belong to F. ochreatus^ Raoul. (See also A. Bennett, Journal of 

 Botany^ xxv. 178). 



Bentham (^i^/o?-« Australiensis, vii. 173) is mistaken in consider- 

 ing F. ochreatus, Raoul, as synonymous with the F. ohtusifolius, 

 M. and K. 



Herr Baagoe writes : — " When Hooker considers F. ochreatus, 

 Raoul, as synonymous with F. comijressus, L., this is a mistake, 

 and if you consider F. comjoressus as synonymous with F. ohtusi- 

 folius, M. and K., this is scarcely correct. 



"But F. ochreatus comes i-ather near to the European F. zosteri- 

 folius, Schum., though it is easily separated from this by the 

 latter's much- winged stem, shorter fruit-spike and very broad 

 stigma. 



"P. ochreattis, Raoul, is synonymous with F. yramineus, R.Br., 

 (Prodrom. 373). 



"P. conipressus, Linn., is synonj^mous with P. zosterifolius, 

 8chum., (Enum. plantar. Sael.); P. zosterojjhylhis, (Fl. Belg.). 



"P. obtusi/olius, M. and K., is synonymous with P. comjjressus, 

 Wahl.; P. gramineus, (Fl. Brit. i. 196); P. tataricus, Less., 

 (according to Index Keivensis)." 



The whole plant (F. ochreatus, Raoul) is more robust, the 

 leaves broader and more obtuse, and denser on the branches. 

 The spike and peduncle are of quite another shape than those of 

 P. obtusi/olius, and finally the ligules are \evy different. 



