NOTES ON THE "LIST OF BRITISH SEED-PLANTS M 107 



follow Ascherson and Graebuer in retaining this name for C. 

 prcecox Jacq. Fl. Austr. v. 23 (1778), non Schreb. Spicil. 63 (1771); 

 C. verna Cbaix in VilL PL Daupb. ii. 312 (1786). 



C. helodes Link in Schrad. Journ. Bot. ii. 309 (1799). 



Notwithstanding the character M spicas mascuhe 1-3 terminates, 

 the evidence of contemporary and later botanists points to the 

 identity of this with C. Icevigata Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 272 

 (1800), though Smith himself nowhere cites it as a synonym. 

 Kunth, however (Enuni. ii. 493), cites as a synonym of C. lavigata, 

 " C. helodes Link (fide Smith)." Ascherson and Graebner, Syn. 

 Mitteleurop. FL ii. 182, also regard the names as synonymous. 



460. Digitaria linearis Crepin, Fl. Belg. ed. 2, 335 (1866) 

 Panicum lineare Krocker, Fl. Siles. i. 95 (1787) — the earliest 

 specific name for D. humifiisa Pers. Syn. i. 85 (1805). 



464. Mibora minima Desvaux, Obs. PL Angers, 45 (1818) 



Agrostis minima L. Sp. PL 63 (1753). 



467. Hierochloe odorata Wahlenb. FL Upsal. 32 (1820) 

 Holcus odoratus L. Sp. PL 1048 (1753). 



468. Phleum phleoides Simonkai, FL Transsilv. 563 (1886) 

 Phalaris phleoides L. Sp. PL 55 (1753). 



475. Ammophilla arenaria Link, Hort. Berol. i. 105 (1827) 

 Arundo arenaria L. Sp. PL 82 (1753). 



478. Agrostis tenuis Sibthorp, FL Oxon. 36 (1794) = A. vul- 

 garis With. Arr. ed. 2, iii. 132 (1796). 



486. Arrhenatherum elatius Mertens & Koch, Deutschl. FL i. 

 546 (1823) = Avma elatior L. Sp. PL 79 (1753). 



491. Poa. In view of the close relation of Poa minor Gaud. 

 (P. flexuosa Sm.) and P. laxa Haenke to P. alpina L. we have re- 

 tained only the last-named ; P. Parnelli Bab. and P. Balfouri Parn. 

 are similarly related to P. nemoralis L. 



493. Sclerochloa festuciformis comb. nov. = Glyceria festuci- 

 formis Heynh. ex Eeichenb. FL Excurs. L 45 (1830) (Poa festuci- 



formis Host, Gram. Austr. iii. 12 (1805) ). This plant was not 



previously included under Sclerochloa. 



S. rupestris comb. nov. The earliest name for this species 

 seems to be Poa rupestris With. Arr. ed. 3, ii. 146, t. 26 (an excellent 

 figure) (1796), which almost certainly antedates Poa procumbins 

 Curtis, Fl. Lond. fasc. vi. t. 11, the date of which is unknown, 

 but probably later, as Withering, who cites plates from other 

 numbers in the same fascicle, does not refer to this. 



498. Festuoa fasciculata Forskal, Fl. iEgypt.-Arab. 22 (1775). 

 There seems no doubt that this is identical with F. uniglumis Sol. 

 in Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 108 (1789). Stipa membranacea L. bp. PL 560 

 (1753), which has been suggested as a synonym, is altogether 

 doubtful ; for full discussion of the question see Duval- Jouve in 

 Rev. Sci. Nat. Ser. 2, ii. 32-5 (1880). 



F. bromoides L. Sp. PL 75 (1753). We restore this name for 



