50 IIORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 



ALOPECURUS Capensis, per. Cape, nat. hills round Cape Town. 



Thunb. Fl. Cap. 397. 

 alpinus, per. alpine, indig. April and May. E. Bot. 1126. 



Sm. Engl. Fl. 80. 

 antarticus, per. antartic, nat. Straits of Magellan. R. S. Linn. 



Syst. Veg. i. 274. A. Magellanicus, Lam.i. p. 168. n. 162. 

 agrestis, arm. slender, mdig. June and July. Sm. Engl. Fl. 80. 



E. Bot. 848. Hort. Gram. Fo. 165. A. rni/osuroides, Curtis, 

 ramosus, ann. branching, nat. Amer. R. S. Linn. Syst. Veg. i. 



p. 273. 

 utriculatus, ann. inflated, nat. Germ. Flowers in May and June. 



Flo. Ger. i. 174. 

 cornucopioides, ann. horn-of-plenty-like fox-tail. Linn. Syst. 



Veg. ii. 274. — See cornucopia alopecuroides. 

 subaristatus, ann. small-awned, nat. Canada. R. S. Linn. Syst. 



Veg. i. p. 273. Richardson in Frank. Narat. 

 echinaius, per. hedgehog fox-tail grass, nat. Cape of Good Hope ; 



rare. R. S. Linn. Syst. Veg. i. 274. 

 ventricoms, ann. ventricose-sheathed, nat. France. Pers. Syn. i. 



p. 80. 

 latifolius, ann. broad-leaved, nat. Tobago. Cavan, Descript. 



R. S. Linn. Syst. Veg. i. 275. 

 villoms, (?) atm. hairy, nat. Switzerland. R. S. Linn. Syst. Veg. i. 



275. Poiret, En. Meth. viii. p. 777. 

 lanatus, per. woolly, nat. summits of Mount Olympus. Smith, 



Fl. Gr. i. 43. 

 ovatus, per. oval, nat. Islands of the South Sea. Forst. Fl. 



Austr. 8, 

 ARISTIDA. Awned grass. Chataria, Art/n'aterum, et Aristida 

 (R. S. L. S. v.). Generic character : calyx 2-valved ; corolla 

 outer valve generally hirsute at the base, terminated with 

 awns (three), spreading ; inner valve lanceolate, very minute 

 or wanting; seed filiform, naked. 

 Ac?5Cfwszowfs, nat. Island of Ascension. Linn. Spec. — wherein 



it is stated to constitute a third part of the whole Flora of 



that Island, there being besides this plant only two others, 



viz. Euphorbia origanoides, and Sherardia fruticosa. Chae- 



taria Adscensionis. R. S. Linn. Syst. Veg. i. 390. 

 Americana, nat. Jamaica. Linn. Spec. 122. 

 plumosa, per. feathered, nat. Jamaica. Ibid. 1666. R. L. S. 



Veg. i. 398. 



