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CHINA. 
[ GraminecR. 
scabris, radice fibrosa.— ZmA, 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, FI. Germ. 1. p. 5^1. Kunth, Fn. \. p. 333. — P. polymorpha. Koen. 
ex Herb. Klein. Willd. in Act. Am, Nat. Cur. 4. p. 194 {ex parte). — P. flexuosa. Roxb, 
FI. Ind. 1. p. 339; {ed. Wall.) 1. p. 340. — P. pseudoamabilis. Roxh. in Ccet. Merc. Ind. 
Or. Mus. 843 (fide Arn.). — P. Roxburghiana. Schult. Mant. I. p. 314. Kunth, Fn. 
1. p. 335. — P. cuspidata. Roth, Nov. Sp. PI. p. 64, (ubi axillae paniculse fere aut omnino 
imberbes). 
Had. 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 vertieillate. 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, pediceliis spiculam saepius aequantibus rariusve in ramis 
compositis ilia brevioribus, spiculis lineari-lanceolatis demum stramineis 8-16-floris laxe 
imbricatis, valvula inferior! ovata acutiuscula mutica subchartacea trinervi nervo lateral! 
parum prominulo superior! margine scabra persistente, culmo simplici stricto basi dense 
folioso, foliis subdistichis patulis convoluto-subulatis vaginisque patentim hirsutis, radice 
fibrosa ctespitosa 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, pediceliis brevibus, spiculis lineari-lanceolatis 
cinerascenti-viridibus, rhachilla post anthesin flexuosa, valvula inferior! ovata obtusa mutica 
trinervi nervo lateral! prominulo superior! ciliata persistente, caryopsi ovata trigona 
subtruncata striolata, culmo ramosissimo adscendente nodisque glabris, vaginis glabris 
ore barbatis, foliis linearibus margine scabris, radice fibrosa multiculmi. N. ah F. 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, Fn. p. 345. — 
P. Gangetica. Roxh.? FI. Ind. \. p. 340; {ed. Wall.) \.p. 341. 
Hab. Circa Macao ; Millett. 
Rhachilla, imprimis peracta anthesi, valde flexuosa, ramis etiam paniculse flexuosis et caryopsi majore com- 
presso-trigona obtusissima (postice modo concava, modo obtusata) facile distinguitur ab E. Brownii, Kunth j 
