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CHINA. 



[ Grammes. 



scabris, radice fibrosa. — Link, Hort. Berol. 1. p. 185. Wight, Cat. n. 1778. — Eragrostis, 

 Wall. Cat. n. 3828. — E. major, Host, Gram. 4. t. 24. — Poa megastachya. Koel. Gr. p. 

 181. Mert. et Koch, Fl. Germ. 1. p. 597. Kunth, En. 1. p. 333. — P. polymorpha. Koen. 

 ex Herb. Klein. Willd. in Act. Am. Nat. Cur. 4. p. 194 (ex parte). — P. flexuosa. Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. 1. p. 339; (ed. Wall.) 1. p. 340.— P. pseudoamabilis. Roxb. in Cast. Merc. Ind. 

 Or. Mus. tab. 843 (fide Am.).— P. Roxburghiana. Schult. Mant. 1. />. 314. Kunth, En. 

 1. ;a 335.— P. cuspidata. Roth, Nov. Sp. PI. p. 64, (ubi axillae paniculae fere aut omnino 

 imberbes). 



Hab. Ad Macao; Millett. 



[Our Chinese specimens belong to the form which Roth has called Poa cuspidata, the axils of the panicle 

 being almost naked ; the panicle is large, as in Roxburgh's P. flexuosa, and like it some of the specimens 

 have the lower branches alternate ; others, however, have them somewhat verticillate. It sometimes happens 

 in this species that the upper florets of the spikelet are abortive, when the spikelet is roundish-ovate as in 



Poa annua.'] 



4. [E. Millettii; panicula racemoso-composita patula erecta rigida, ramis alternis 

 prope a basi divisis axillis nudis, pedicellis spiculam saepius agquantibus rariusve in ramis 

 compositis ilia brevioribus, spiculis liueari-lanceolatis demum stramineis 8-16-floris laxe 

 imbricatis, valvula inferiori ovata acutiuscula mutica subchartacea trinervi nervo laterali 

 parum prominulo superiori margine scabra persistente, culmo simplici stricto basi dense 

 folioso, foliis subdistichis patidis convoluto-subulatis vaginisque patentim hirsutis, radice 

 fibrosa ca?spitosa multiculmi. 



Hab. Circa Macao, et in insulis vicinis ; Millett ; G. H. Vachell, n. 54. 



This elegant and very remarkable species is readily distinguished from all others of the section with which 

 we are acquainted, by its very hairy convolute leaves and sheaths. Unless by accident another plant has 

 been mixed, this must be what Nees v. Esenbeck calls, in his MS. to Dr. Lindley, E. Brownii ; at least what 

 Prof. Henslow has sent to both of us from Mr. Vachell's collection, n. 54, is the present species : it is possible, 

 however, that he might not have seen the foliage, for in that respect it differs widely from E. Brownii of 

 Kunth, and of N. v. E. in Herb. Wight.] 



5. E. Willdenowiana ; panicula racemoso-composita patenti-erecta, ramis omnibus 

 alternis, axillis glabris prope a basi divisis, pedicellis brevibus, spiculis linearidanceolatis 

 cinerascenti-viridibus, rhachilla post anthesin flexuosa, valvula inferiori ovata obtusa mutica 

 trinervi nervo laterali prominulo superiori ciliata persistente, caryopsi ovata trigona 

 subtruncata striolata, culmo ramosissimo adscendente nodisque glabris, vaginis glabris 

 ore barbatis, foliis linearibus margine scabris, radice fibrosa multiculmi. N. ab E. in 

 Wight, Cat. n. 1779. — E. polymorpha. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 575. — Poa poly- 

 morpha. Willd. in Act. Am. Nat. Cur. Berol. 4. p. 194 (ex parte). Kunth, En. p. 345. — 

 P. Gangetica. Roxb. ? Fl. Ind. I. p. 340; (ed. Wall.) I. p. 341. 



Hab. Circa Macao ; Millett. 



Rhachilla, imprimis peracta anthesi, valde flexuosa, ramis etiam paniculae flexuosis et caryopsi majore com- 

 presso-trigona obtusissima (postice modo concava, modo obtusata) facile distinguitur ab E. Brownii, Kunth ; 



