GRAMINEAE 



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133, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 875; and later by Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 

 (1790) 59, by Roxburgh, FL Ind. ed. 2, 1 (1832) 344— all under 

 Cynosurus — and finally by Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 152, 

 as Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum Willd. * The figure is rarely 

 cited in modern literature. The species usually appears in 

 literature as Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum Willd. 



PHRAGMITES Trinius 



PHRAGM ITES VULGARIS (Lam.) Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 134. 



Arundo vulgaris Lam. Fl. Franc. 3 (1778) 615. 



Arundo phragmites Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 81. 



Canna palustris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 20, t. 5. 

 Amboina, Wakal, near the beach, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 44, Novem- 

 ber 5, 1913, known as tebu-tebu. 



Rumphius describes Canna palustris as from 12 to 16 feet 

 high ; Robinson notes that his plant, cited above, is from 3 to 4 

 meters high. Both may be referable to Phragmites karka 

 (Retz.) Trin., rather than to P. vulgaris Trin. Loureiro, FL 

 Cochinch. (1790) 54, erroneously considers it under Aira arundi- 

 nacea Linn. Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 71, has reduced 

 Canna palustris Rumph., with doubt, to Eulalia japonica Trin. 

 =Miscanthus japonicus Anders.; this suggested reduction is 

 impossible, however, as the habitat and other data given by 

 Rumphius apply to Phragmites, not to Miscanthus. The figure 

 of Canna palustris is very crude, and the true position of the 

 species has not before been recognized. 



ERAGROSTIS Host 



ERAGROSTIS AM ABILIS (Linn.) W. & A. in Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 

 Voy. (1841) 251, excl. descr. 



Poa amabilis Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 68. 



Poa tenella Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 69. 



Eragrostis plumosa Link Hort. Berol. 1 (1827) 192. 



Eragrostis tenella R. & S. Syst. 2 (1817) 576. 



Gramen fumi Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 11, t. 4, f. 3. 



Bali, Rel. Robins. 2515, 2532, July 7, 1913, but not represented in the 

 Amboina collection. 



Gramen fumi was reduced by Linnaeus to Poa tenella Linn,, 

 Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 101, in which he was followed by Burman 

 f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 28, Poiret in Lam ; Encycl. 5 (1804) 85, and 

 by various other authors. Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 1 (1832) 

 337, refers it to Poa plumosa Retz.= Eragrostis plumosa Link 

 =Eragrostis amabilis (Linn.) W. & A. Poa amabilis Linn, is 

 identical with the species commonly known as Eragrostis tenella 



