CALIEORNIAN HERB-LOEE. 39 



In the index is found in one place *'Poa Eragrostis, Lin. 

 Vid. Eragrostis p. 70" and in another "Eragrostis Nob. p. 70" 

 followed by a list of species among which is pomoides with- 

 out reference to page. It is evident, as Prof. Scribner has 

 pointed out (Trans. Kans- Acad. Sci. ix. p. 118) that there is 

 scarcely ground for quoting Beauvois as the author of 

 Eragrostis poceoides, in this work. It would be better to 

 write E. Poceoides, Beauv. in Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 574 

 (1817). 



The genus Megastachya is said by Bentham, (Jour, Linn. 

 Soc, xix, p. 117) to be founded by Beauvois in his Flora 

 of Oware and Benin (1807) on Poa mucroiiata, but that in 

 his Agrostography he has Eragrostis 3Ieg astachy a cliie^y in 

 view. Briza Eragrostis, Lin. is included among the species 

 referred to his genus Megastachya^ while the description of 

 the plant (xv, fig. v.) says Megastachya Owariensis. 



In the index one finds ^'Briza Eragrostisj Lin. Vid. Mega- 

 stachya, p. 74/' while under Megastachya in the index the 

 name Eragrostis does not appear. 



CALIFOENIAN HERB-LOEE.— IV. 



By Ida M. Blochman. 



The Anemopsis Calif ornica is a veritable epicure, growing 

 generally in low moist places and sending its numerous 

 slender roots out foraging in rich, black mud. Under the 

 name of Yerha Mansa it is collected and used extensively by 

 the Spanish people and by others who have learned to hold 

 its medicinal properties in highest esteem. The Spanish 

 send long distances for it and it is carried away by sackfuls, 

 from the swamps and springs where it grows, to less favored 



localities. 



An infusion made from the root is used to cure external 



ulcers or those of the mucous membrane; several cases have 

 been reported where threatened blood poisoning was averted 



by its use. 



