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hoped that this name will be retained and used. Psamma litoralis, 

 P.B., is adopted for AmmojMla arundinacea. Under P. baltica 

 " Angl. mer." should have " bor." added. Calamagrostis stricta 

 becomes C. necilecta, il. wett. (1799). Gastridium aiistrale, P.B. 

 (1812), is used instead of G-. lendigerum, Gand. (1828). Polypogon 

 monspeUeiisis, Dsf., has " Scot, (r)," but is surely only an alien in 

 Scotland '? Aira setacea, Huds., is used instead of A. uUginosa, 

 Whe., and kept as a distinct species from A. Jiexuosa, L. After 

 ** Angl." under Corynephorus canescens, *' Norfolk, Suffolk," might 

 well be added for so local a species ; its record from Kent is almost 

 certainly an error. Danthonia decumbens, DC. ^ Triodia decumhens. 

 Vidpia is separated as a genus from Festuca (as is done by Hackel 

 with Bromus and Michelaria between them.) We have F. mem- 

 hranacea, Lk. (1821) in place of V. uniglumis, Kchb. (1830), {Festuca 

 uniglwnis, Sol.). Our Festuca ambigua, Le Gall, is made a subspecies 

 of Vidpia Myiiros, Gm., and is restricted to England and France; 

 surely it rather belongs to V. ciliata / Bromus asper, Murray, is 

 "Angl.?" why? B. serotinus, (Sol. ms.), Benek. is given as a 

 subspecies of asjjer and " B. hirsutus, Curt. ?" a possible synonym. 

 B. hordeaceus, L. (Whlnb.), is made a subspecies of mollis, and 

 B. Ferronii, Mabille {B. mollis v. Lloydianus), is placed under it and 

 onlj'' occurs in " Gall. occ. Angl." Festuca loliacea, Huds. (R.) is 

 considered " hyb. [F. pratensi-perennis, F. Sc.) inter F. elatiori 

 and Lolio peremii.'" F. dumetorum, L. (F. oraria, Dum.), is given for 

 "Angl., Scot., lit. mar." A number of names are grouped under 

 the difficult species F. rubra, L. It is given for " Brit." and a 

 subspecies, " F. fallax, Th., 1799, F. dumetorum and var. Fr. hb. 

 nor. V. 97" is also "Angl." F. glauca. Lam., is a full species 

 apart from ovina and is " Brit.," as also is F. ccesia, Sm., here made 

 a subspecies. What is Smith's plant? F. duriuscula, L. sp. 

 (non Systema), is not given as British. Glyceria pediceUata, Towns., 

 is placed under fluitans. G. loliacea, Fr. (or of Watson ?) is 

 given for " Angl.," only; " Scot., Hibern." might be added. This 

 is placed as a subspecies of fluitans, and a hybrid between G. 

 Jiuitans and Lolium perennc. Surely this is a slip ; have our 

 botanists ever thought of such a combination ? G. Borreri, Bab. 

 in Eng. bot. sup. (1837), is found in " Hib. Angl. Gall. Bat. and 

 Germ. G. conferta, Fr., is made a subspecies of this and is only 

 for " Suec. ... (rr)." If conferta is really distinct from Borreri, 

 what is the Iceland plant? Poa Parnelli, Bab., is made a sub- 

 species of P. nemoralis and "Angl." only given for it, and " ? P. 

 moutana, Par. (Scot.) " added after. P. laxa, Hke., and P. minor, 

 Gaud, are the names given to the two Loch-na-gar species. P. 

 arsia, Sm. brit., is adopted, and P. glauca, Sm., eng. fl. as a 

 synonym, with the observation that P. cccsia, Sm., E. B., 1719, 

 is a doubtful plant. P. Balfourii, Parn., is made a subspecies 

 of Nyman's ccesia, and found in " Angl. Scot." only. " P. montana, 

 Parn., sec. Bab." is placed here. Klyuius geniculatus. Curt., is 

 given for " Angl. rr." Was it ever really found wild at or near 

 Gravesend? Hordeum pratense, Huds. (1778), becomes H. secalinum, 

 Schreb. (1771). Our seaside Tritici are represented by T. acutum, 



