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Gramen dactylon elatius spicis plurimis tomentosis. Cat. p. 33. Tab. 65. 

 Fig. 2. 

 This is cited by Linnaeus under Andropogon barbatum a and under A. polydactylonb 

 and, with a question, under A. fasciculatum.c The specimen is Chloris polydactyla 

 of Grisebach's Flora. 



Gramen dactylon procumbens, crassum & viridius, culmo reclinato. Cat. 

 p. 33. 

 Sloane gives the common name ''Dutch grass." The specimen is Eleusine indica 

 (L.) Gaertn. 



Gramen dactylon spicis gracilioribus plerumque quatuor cruciformiter dis- 

 positis. Cat. p. 33. Tab. 68. Fig. 3. 

 This is cited by Linnaeus under Agrostis radiata. The specimen is Chloris eleusi- 

 noides Griseb. 



Gramen dactylon bicorne repens, foliis latis brevibus. Cat. p. 33. 



There are two specimens, Paspalum conjugatum and Paspalum vaginatum Sw. , as 

 described in Small's Flora. The description applies to the latter. There is no plate. 



Gramen dactylon bicorne spicis purpurascentibus majus. Cat. p. 34. Tab. 65. 

 Fig. 3. 

 The specimen is Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. The same species is described under 

 Gramen dactylon procumbens, etc. The plate appears to be the same. There seems to 

 be some confusion here, as the description does not apply in all respects. The spikes 

 are said to be always two, suggesting Axonopus compressus (Sw.) Beauv. (Paspalum 

 compressum of Grisebach's Flora.). 



Gramen dactylon bicorne spicis purpurascentibus minus. Cat. p. 34. Tab. 68. 



Fig. 1- 

 The species is Paspalum conjugatum Berg. 



Gramen dactylon bicorne minimum aristis longis armatum. Cat. p. 34. 

 Tab. 69. Fig. 1. 

 This is cited by Linnaeus under Agrostis cruciata.d The specimen is Chloris cruciata 

 (L.) Sw. 



Gramen dactylon majus, pannicula long-a, spicis plurimis nudis crassis. Cat. 

 p. 34. Tab. 69. Fig. 2. 

 This is cited by Linnaeus under Panicum dissectum « and under Paspalum virgatum. f 

 The specimen is Paspalum virgatum L. as commonly understood. 



Gramen dactylon, alopecuroides facie, pannicula longissima e spicis plu- 

 rimis tomentosis constante. Cat. p. 3. Tab. 70. Fig. 1. 

 This is cited by Linnaeus under Andropogon alopecuroides. The specimen is 7m- 

 perata caudata Trin. 



Gramen dactylon pannicula longa, e spicis plurimis gracilioribus purpureis 

 vel viridibus mollibus constante. Cat. p. 34. Tab. 70. Fig. 2. 

 This is cited by Linnaeus under Panicum sanguinale g and under Cynosurus virgatus.h 

 There are two specimens, Leptochloa virgata and L. mucronata. The description 

 and plate refer to the former. r 



a Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1305. 1759. « Sp. PL 57. 1753. 



&Sp. PL ed. 2. 1483. 1762. /Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 855. 1759. 



cSp. PL 1047. 1753. ffSp. PL 57. 1753; ed. 2. 85. 1762. 



<*Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 872. 1759. ^Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 876. 1759. 



