THE 



JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 



BRITISH AND FOREIGN. ^.^i^arv 



ON ANTffOXAyTHU-M PUELII, Lee. et Lam.-, WITH 

 SOME REMARKS ON OTHER SPECIES OF THE GENUS. 

 Br F. TowNSEND. 

 (Tab. 157.) 



Seven species of the genus Anthoxanthum are recognized as 

 European, of these only one, A. odoratum, L, a perennial, is known 

 as a British plant, and its distribution is very general throughout 

 Europe. The only other perennial in the genus is A. amarum, Brot., 

 a native of Spain and Portugal. 



The remaining five species aro annuals. A. ovatum, Lag., is re- 

 corded from Spain, Sicily, Algeria, Greece, and Candia ; A anstntum, 

 Boiss. {A. Carrenianum, Pari.), from Spain, Sardinia, and Algeria; 

 A. australe, Boiss., from Sicily ; A.gracile, Biv., from Portugal, Malta, 

 Sicily, Candia, Corfu, &c. These four species are eminently of a Mediter- 

 ranean or southern type, whilst A. FueJii, Lee. et Lnm., the only 

 other species which remains to be noticed here, has a wider range. It 

 is recorded from Spain, Portugal, and the Canary Islands ; in the Kew 

 Herbarium there are specimens which I should refer to this species, 

 from Teneriffe, communicated by E. Bourgeau, 1845 ; from Schwetzin- 

 gen, Baden, communicated by Braun in May, 1834; from Sicily, com- 

 municated by Todaro, 10th May, 1855. These last are labelled **^. 

 Myrthense, Todaro." Other specimens are from Sardinia. The plant 

 extends into France, in the western and central part of which it is gene- 

 rally distributed ; it has been found also in the north of France, 

 and in the Herbarium of the British Museum there are specimens from 

 Hanover. Hence the occurrence of A. Puelii in the southern and 

 western shores of England as recorded by Dr. Trimen in Joum. 

 Bot., vol. xii , 278 (Sept., 1874), is not so improbable, and 1 have no 

 hesitation in referring to this species the imperfect specimens I 

 gathered in July last on sandy or gravelly soil on the sloping ground 

 close to, and on the north side of Miller's pond, near Netlcy, Hants. 

 I have also seen the plants gathered by Mr. Britten, at Mobbcrley, in 

 Cheshire, in 1872, and can confirm Dr. Trimen's opinion that they 

 quite agree with foreign examples of A. Puelii, Lee. et Lam , and they 

 very perfectly represent the type. 



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