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283. Agrostis indica. L. Canton. Osb. 346. 
Widely diffused over the warmer regions of the globe. FI, hgk. 426. 
Sporobolus indicus. R. Br. 
284. Aira seminibus hirsutis, aristis terminalibus flore Ion- 
gioribus. French isl. Osb. 354, 
Eriachne chinensis. Hance. Add. FI. hgk. 136. 
285. Holcus latifolius. L. Danes isl. Osb. 8. 
Kth. I. 366. Centotheca iappacea. Desv. Found also in India, the Indian 
Archip., Australia. 
286. Hriza elegans (not a Linnaean name). Canton. Osb. 6. 
287. Poa chinensis. L. Canton. Osb. 330. 
It seems, that this is the Leptochloa chinensis. Nees. FI. hgk. 430. Nees 
gives as synonym P. chinensis. R oth. .See Kth. I. 270. 
288. Poa malabarica. L. Canton. Osb. 29. 
Kth. I. 365. India orientalis. 
289. Poa angustifolia. L. French isl, Osb. 378. 
European species. 
290. Poa tenella. L. Canton. Osb. 330. 
Known from India before. FI. hgk. 431. Eragrostis tenella. Beauv. 
291. Oynosurus aegyptiacus. L. Danes isl. Osb. 376. 
Common weed in warm countries. Eleusine cruciata. Lam. Dactylocte. 
nium aegyptiacum. Willd. 
292. Arundo Bamboo. L, Bamboo roots is what we call Asia, 
when preserved with salt, vinegar, leek, and Capsicum. Paper 
is made of the inner bark of Bamboo. Osb. 310, 276. 
Munro in his article on Bambusaceae (Trans. Lin. Soc. XXYI.) states, 
that the Chinese bamboo of which Osbeck speaks, which is said to flower 
once in 60 years, is Bambusa flexuosa Munro, gathered also by Staunton, 
293. A reed which the Chinese call lu ta. It looks like 
Arundo Bonax. Near Bocca Tigris. Osb. 29. 
M : JeL lu ta (Williams’ Diet. p. 840). Comp, also Dr. Hance Journ, 
Bot. 1879. p. 99. 
294. Xfardus articulata. (name given by Osb.) Canton 
Osb. 346. 
295. Wardus ciliaris. L. French isl, Osb. 353. 
Kth. I. 461- species dubia. India orient. 
CRYPTOGAMS. 
296. Lycopodium cernuum. L. French isl. Osb. 356, 
Common throughout the tropics. 
297. Lycopodium nudum. L. French isl, Osb. 356, 
East and West Indies. 
298. Lycopodium varium. French isl. Osb. 356, 
