242 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Herbarium by two specimens, one of 1860-64, labeled ‘‘Savannas, Hoto del Medio, 
Aug. 25,’’ the other, Monte Verde, 1859, labeled ‘‘On rocks exposed to the sun, 
covered with a thin stratum of earth, on the brink of the Farallones, Oct. 11.” 
4. Leptochloa virgata (L.) Beauv. Agrost. 166. 1812. 
Cynosurus virgatus L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 876. 1759. 
Leptochloa perennis Hack. Inf. Anal. Est. Agr. Cuba 1: 411. 1906. 
Wright 283, 741, 3436; Habana, Tracy 9108, Curtiss 607; La Magdalena, Baker HC 
3635; Matanzas, Briton 543; Santiago de las Vegas, Hitchcock in 1906; Herradura, 
Baker HG 765, 2786, Tracy 9061, Hitchcock in 1906; Cayamas, Baker HC 4617; Cien- 
fuegos, Pringle 62, Combs 256 in Gtay Herbarium; San Diego de los Batios, Palmer 
& Riley 543; Santiago de Cuba, Pollard, Palmer & Palmer 273; Marianao, Leon 560; 
Yumury Mountains, Rugel 193 in Gray Herbarium. In the herbarium of the New 
York Botanical Garden are: Santiago de Cuba, Palmer 273; Baracoa, Underwood & 
Earle 1397; Madruga, Britton & Shafer 746. 
Wright’s 741 in the Sauvalle Herbarium has also the secondary number 278. In 
the Grisebach Herbarium are three specimens of this: ‘‘In roads, probably intro- 
duced, La Ferruina, June 24,’’ no. 278 of 1865; no. 3436 of 1860-64; no. ‘ 117=740” 
from eastern Cuba, 1860. One of the Wright specimens bearing the number 741 
in the Gray Herbarium (eastern Cuba, 1856-57) is L. virgatag the other is L. mucro- 
nata. Wright’s 3436 in the Gray Herbarium is from Mayari Abajo, Aug. 2. Another 
specimen in the Gray Herbarium without number is from ‘‘Savannas, Retiro, 
Oct. 11.” 
60. OPIZIA Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 298. t. 41. f. 1. 1830. 
1. Opizia stolonifera Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 293. 1830. 
Cojimar, Baker HC 2898, 5076, Hitchcock in 1906; Pinar del Rio, Shafer 482; Ha- 
bana, Curtiss 571, Leon 274, 288. 
61. PAPPOPHORUM Schreb.; Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 10. 1794.4 
1. Pappophorum laguroides Schrad. in Schult. Mant. 2: 342. 1824. 
Triscornia, Hitchcock in 1906. 
62. GYNERIUM H. B. K. Pl. Aequin. 2: 112. ¢. 115. 1809. 
1. Gynerium sagittatum (Aubl.) Beauv. Agrost. 138. 1812. 
Saccharum sagittatum Aubl. Pl. Guian. 1: 50. 1775. 
Gynerium saccharoides H. B. K. Pl. Aequin. 2: 112. 1809. 
Retiro, Wright 224; Wright 3477; Santiago de las Vegas, Baker HC 1297, 5017, 
Wilson 237; San Diego de los Bafios, Palmer & Riley 616. In the herbarium of 
the New York Botanical Garden are the following: Matanzas, Britton & Shafer 265, 
Britton & Wilson 205; Santiago de Cuba, Taylor 145; Calvario, Leon 569. 
In the Grisebach Herbarium are Wright 3477, 1860-64, and 1560 of 1859. Wright’s 
1560 in the Gray Herbarium is from Monte Verde; no. 3477 is labeled ‘‘10-15 ft. 
panicle 4-6 ft. On stony ledges in the river Tacotaco, Sept. 13.” 
63. ERAGROSTIS Host, Icon. Gram. Austr. 4: 14. pl. 14. f. 11. 1809.0 
Flowers dioecious; creeping annuals ..................--------- 7. EB. hypnoides. 
Flowers perfect, stems not creeping. 
Palea prominently ciliate; annuals. 
Panicle contracted, spike-like..............-...-.--.-2. HE. ciliaris. 
Panicle open..........-----2-.------0-200 eee eee eee eee 8. E£. plumosa. 
«Schreb. Gen. 2: 787. 1791, without citation of species. 
6 Until the genus Eragrostis is monographed the Cuban species must remain sume- 
what uncertain. 
