132 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Panicum Indicum spica longissima. C. B. Theat. Bot. p. 523. 



An account of pearl millet. Said to be cultivated occasionally. No common 

 name is given. The specimen is Pennisetum amei'icanum (L.) Schvim./'y^A / ^^<-<^- fc *^*t 



Frumentum Indicum Mays dictum. C. B. Cat. p. 26. J U? ' V M/J 



An account of Indian corn or maize (Zea mays L.) as cultivated in Jamaica. There 

 is no specimen. 



Gramen caninum maritimum spicatum quartum. C. B. Cat. p. 29. 

 The specimen is Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth. 



Gramen spica brizae singulari, locustis majoribus, villosis, purpurascentibus. 

 Cat. p. 30. Tab. 64. Fig. 1. 

 The specimen is the Andropogon secundus of Grisebach's Flora. The awns are all 

 fallen off. The plate appears to have been taken from this specimen. |-+j«^-u*^#^»>^*' 



Gramen paniceum maximum, spica divisa, aristis armatum. Cat. p. 30. 



Sloane gives the common name "Scotch grass." The specimen is Eehinochloa 

 crus-galli (L.) Beauv. with medium-long awns. Sloane states that this is cultivated 

 all over Jamaica for fodder. 



Gramen paniceum majus, spica simplici laevi, granis, petiolis insidentibus. 

 Cat. p. 30. Tab. 64. Fig. 2. 

 This is cited by Linnaeus under Olyra latifoliaa and the Sloane specimen is the type. 



Gramen paniceum spica simplici laevi. Raii hist. p. 1261. 

 The specimen is Chaetochloa imberbis (L.) Scribn. 



Gramen paniceum miinmum humi stratum, spica divisa mutica, foliis varie- 

 gatis. Cat. p. 30. Tab. 64. Fig. 3. 

 This is cited by Linnaeus under Panicum colonum. There are two specimens, 

 Eehinochloa colona (L.) Link, from which the plate is made, and Panicum reptans L. 

 (P. prostration Lam.). 



Gramen echinatum maximum spica rubra vel alba. Cat. p. 30. 

 The specimen is < 'enchrus echinaUis L., under which it is cited by Linnaeus. 



Gramen maritimum echinatum procumbens culmo longiori & spicis stri- 

 gosioribus. Cat. p. 30. Tab. 65. Fig. 1. 

 This is cited by Linnams under Cenchrus tribuloides. The specimen is /( '. caro- 

 linianus Wait J £ / h / c L ^^^<M--\^*t^t^o 0Ltt*%A\ 



Arundo sacchariferai C. B. Cat. p. 30. Tab. 66. 



The specimen is sugar cane (Saccharum offitinarum L.) and is cited by Linnaeus 

 under Saccharum offitinarum. 



Arundo maxima folio dentato. Cat. p. 32. 

 There is no specimen. Sloane is evidently describing a bamboo. 



Arundo alto gracilis, foliis e viridi caeruleis, locustis minoribus. Cat. p. 33. 

 Tab. 67. 

 Sloane designates this as "the trumpet reed." The specimen is Phragmites phrag- 

 mites (L.) Karst. (P. communis Trin.). 



Gramen dactylon bicorne tomentosum minus. Cat. p. 33. Tab. 68. Fig. 2. 



This is cited by Linnaeus under Andropogon virginicum.b The specimen is Andro- 

 pogon leucostachys H. B. K. 



Gramen dactylon spicis brevibus crassis plerumque quatuor cruciformiter 

 dispositis. Cat. p. 33. 

 The specimen is Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. 



"Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1261. 1759. &Sp. PI. ed. 2. 1482. 1762. 



