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1 268. Andropogon schoenanthus. L. Canton. Osb. 346. 
Known from Ceylon, India before. 
269. Andropogon iscliaemum. L. Canton. Osb. 346. 
Europa, Siberia. Frequent in N. China. 
270. Andropogon fasciculatum. L. Canton. Osb. 346. 
Kth. I. 265. Chi oris radiata. Sw. an American plant. 
271 .Xschaemum aristatum- L. Danes isl. Osb. 376. 
It is found also in India but has not been observed in China since the 
time of Linn. 
272. Apluda mufica. L. Canton. Osb. 330. 
Fl. hgk. 422. Found also in India. 
273. Panicum crus guilds L. Canton. Osb. 346. 
European species, the same as P. crus corvi. L. Also common in China. 
, 274. Panicum alopecurcldes. L. Danes isl. Osb. 375. 
Kth. I. 163. jP. Linnaei . India orient* 
275. Panicum arborescens. L. Canton. Grows from 10 to 12 
feet high and is very ramose. Osb. 330. 
Known from Ceylon before. Kth. 1.426. Arundinaria glauceseens. Beauv. 
276. Panicum glaucum. L. Danes isl. Osb. 374. 
Flora hgk. 411. Europa, Asia. 
277. Panicum patens. L. Canton. Osb. 346. 
Kth. I. 126. India orient. 
278. Panicum dissectum. L. Canton. Osb. 346. 
This is a plant of S. America. Forster Fl. sin. means, that Osb • 
probably saw P. dimidiatum. L. (India orient.) 
279. Panicum brevifolium. L. Canton. Osb. 346. 
This is a plant of Mexico. 
280. Alopecurus hordeiformis. L. Danes isl. Osb. 376. 
Kth. I. 158. Gyrimotrix cenchroides. Boem. et Sch. G. hordeiformis. 
Nees. India orient. C. B. Sp. Peking (Hance.) 
281. Oryza saliva,. L. The Chinese call the Rice waa, 
while it is yet in the ground. Osb. 350. 
7^ wo, growing grain, Paddy in the southern provinces (Williams.) 
282. Kow-sonn is the Chinese name of white, long roots, of 
the thickness of Parsneps, the extremes of w T hich had been cut 
off, and with which a sampan, that passed by, was quite filled. 
They were tied into bunches with their ensiform leaves, and 
were offered to sale. Osb. 11. 
I have no doubt, that Osb. saw Hydropyrum latifolium. Griseb. the 
basis of the stem of which is a vegetable much in esteem among the 
Chinese. Comp. Dr. Hance’s interesting article on the subject. Journ. 
Bot. 1872. 146. The Chinese call it 5^ bao sun. It is cultivated in 
Peking as well as in Canton, and grows wild in Southern Sibiria. 
