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< 'yperus rotundus, with which Hermann's description agrees. It 
is evident that the " Herba Schoenanlhi " found its way into the 
flora Zeylanica through Burmann's careless interpretation of 
Hermann's Ka/andurii, and that Linnaeus was wrong if, indeed, 
his term " India " was meant for Ceylon. 
i T o e 7 next ( J uestion is > did Linnaeus possess specimens of 
-I. Sri,,,,.,,,,,,!!,,!* tin the sense of the " Herba tiehoenanthi") or 
any other Indian specimens which he considered representative 
ol his A. Schoenanthus ? Munro* has stated that there are in 
lannaeuss herbarium two specimens of "A. laniger" (that is 
Verba Schoenanthi"), one in the cover containing Avena, the 
other placed with Festuca and written up as "Nardil* .*,„/, w 
[><",,,,hs Lnbr In both cases he was mistaken. The sp-rime,, 
ii' the .l/v7(« cover is without any name or other note. When 
ana whence Linnaeus got it, and even whether he himself placed it 
< here. w,!l pn.bably never be known. In my opinion it is a sample 
"t -i. „„tnjn„itns, Steud., from South Africa. The other sheet 
<" 'ma ms ;1 couple of leaf -tufts, or rather their bases. They belong 
1 r,,,, ; l . ,,1 > «"/ '• ',"" " " -'"""w.Spreng., an aromatic grass which 
-vxas figured and described by Parkinson! first (p. 115) as " Nardus 
- ■■"- is .puna Xarbonensis," and then (p. 1688) as "Nardo 
spnriae Narbonensi similis planta Virginiana." But 
lao pointed out that there was a specimen of ".4. Schoe- 
•■ v •' V! t Linnaean herbarium, and he says of it: 
jt^^ ma ^ hUS \} J ' From India and Ara ^ a . This is the 
Trin ,n?l y X Ued ' A ' *«***' Roxb., 'A. pachnodes,' 
V v ^"V" " ther T names - It is quite distinct from Wallich's 
fe**"""*** Linnaeus's specimen is remarkably well 
:.- s ' "' ' ■ , X ' '. ' • • fV1 - t. M»." The only word on the sheet is 
rn.lw ??' written by Linnaeus. The specimen itself 
- 
; ';''. ■■.. One nun,- 1S at once clear. It is not -Hey ha Schoe- 
' > • Y ' " l \ f Martini (or A. pachnodes), unless this 
' , e t0 inc . lu <?e the whole of Hackel's A. Schoenanthus. 
S ^ i smade aT/Tif^ Ventenat ' s figure, cited above; but 
I from seeds collected 
have to show later on, from a specimen 
tius, and represents A. pn. 
vnll"^'"''''^ 1 "' 1 ' 1 '. Ti " M:m! ' I 'side by side 
,., V mnd ^ us s "Schoenanthus," do not exactly match it The 
sar,i rxtiass 
specimen ^ We'know t a n? e t° *° 0rigin " ! ;i ' I; ' : ' ' m 
on his r, L k > who ^vs in Canton in 1751, 
set ,,f his c- ' ,' J ~' V( ' Linnae "8 a complete 
he found in ;| " : 'ck gave me one of everv sncrk's 
-Voyage fco \ V " lluther ^ ™ Osbeck's 
Parking Tlea.r 0a ^i^Yof > PP l 
