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ab E. megastachja distinguitur axillis paniculae glabris callo flavo nec fusco praeditis, ratnis parcius divisis, 
apicem versus simplicibus, folds angustioribus, carj'opsi non globosa, spiculis angustioribus. — Vix dubium 
puto, Willdenowiura cum Poam suam polymorpham describeret, tres modo nominatas species, megastachyam 
intelligas, Broivnii, et banc WiUdenowianam nostram coram habuisse. Nomen igitur, neque banc solam ob 
causam, mutandum erat. 
6. E. Brownii ; panicula patula vel contracta erecta, ramis alternis strictis a medio 
vel paullo inferius divisis, axillis nudis, spiculis lineari-lanceolatis 10-20-floris glauco- 
viridibus, rhachilla recta denticulata, valvula inferiori ovata acutiuscula trinervi superiori 
minutim ciliata persistente, caryopsi oblonga striata, culmo ramoso nodisque glabris, 
vaginis ore barbatis, foliis angustis subinvolutis. N. ab E. in Wight, Cat. n. 1780. — 
Poa polymorpha. B. Brown, Prod. FI. Nov. Holt. \. p. 180. — P. Brownii. Kunth, Gram. 
\.p. 112; En. \. p. 333. 
Hab. Ad Macao, et in insulis vicinis ; G. H, Vachell, n. 54. 
Caryopsis forma et ramificatione paniculse satis differre videtur ista species a P. polymorpha, Willd. 
[We have retained this name as it is in N. v. Esenbeck’s manuscript, and as we are informed both by Dr. 
Lindley and Prof. Henslow that it was part of Mr. Vachell’s, n. 54, which was subjected to his inspection ; 
all the other specimens of that number, however, which we have seen, belong to our E. Millettii, nor have 
we. ourselves yet seen a single plant of E. Brownii from China.] 
3. Tenellse; panicula capillari sape verticillata, spiculis angustis, valvulis plerumque tenuibus pellucidis. 
7. E. verticillata ; panicula patula, ramis capillaribus flexuosis, inferioribus verticillatis 
ad axillas magis minusve barbatis spatio a basi divisis, spiculis linearibus acutis 7-1 1-floris 
variegatis totisve purpuratis, gluma inferiori minuta, valvula inferiori membranacea 
obtusa trinervi nervis parum prominulis superiori breviori margine scabra, caryopsi 
obovata compressa laeviuscula, culmo ramoso infracto, foliis linearibus vaginisque glabris, 
his ore saepe barbatis. P. de Beauv. N. ah E. Agrost. Bras. p. 508 (cum synon.) — 
y, Indica; vaginis ore axillisque paniculm valde barbatis, culmo ramosissimo. N. ah E. 
1. c. — Poa Indica. Willd. in Act. Am. Nat. Cur. Berol. 4. p. 194. Roem. et Sch. Sgst. 
Veg. 2. p. 552. Kunth, En. 1 . p. 263. 
Hab. y. Circa Macao, et in insula Lappas aliisque vicinis; Millett ; G. H. Vachell, n. “5.” 
Species magnitudine et colore spicularum variabilis, sed e spiculis angustis, ramis paniculse gracillimis saspe 
contortis, gluma inferiori duplo minore, caryopsi compressa, teneritate quadam et subtilitate partium bene 
distincta. Poa punctata, Linn, eadem planta esse videtur, cujus fors minorem pauperemque aliquam sobolem 
Roxburghius jSMwctate titulo descripsit, cum ramificationes simplices dixit et spiculas remotiusculas. Si Poa 
punctata, Linn, eadem ac verticillata, Cav., nomen punctatce restituendum est. Ab E. tenella differt 
spiculis angustioribus, ramis paniculm gracilioribus magis diffusis, gluma inferiori minori, sed Poam tenellam, 
Roxb., nescio an rectius ad banc verticillatam referam. 
[With regard to Roxburgh’s species, we may add to the above : that P. diandra (in E. 1. C. Mus. tab. 
1330) appears to be unquestionably the common form of this plant, or that where the axils of the panicle 
are scarcely or not at all beardless. His P. punctata (figured in E. 1. C. Mus. tab. 839, under the name 
of P. amabilis) may be a form, but has the branches of the panicle truly simple, and the caryopsis oblong : 
if belonging to this species, it is a form of the same variety as P. diandra, Roxb. As to P. tenella, Roxb., 
