4 CONTKTBUTIONIS FEOM THE NATIONAL HEKliAKIUM. 



Castellia Tineo, PL Rar. Pic. 2: 17. 1846. 



Based on a single species, C. tuhercalata Tineo, which is Festuca 

 tiihercidom (Moris) Uichter. 



Ctenopsis De Notari^, Tnd. Sem. Hort. Gen. 352. 1847. 



A single species, O. pectmella De Notaris. {Festuca pectlnella 

 Delile.). detained as a genus by Bentham and Hooker, but reduced 

 to Festuca by Ilaclvcl, 



Leucopoa Griaeb. iu Ledeb. F\, Koss. 4: .S88. 18511 



One species, Z. Mibirica Grisob, Benthain and Hooker reduce this 

 to Poa, and Hackel to Fe^stuca. 



The species is clearly closely related to the West American Poas of 

 \h^ fendlerim) a group. Its onl}' distinctive character is the awn-like 

 excurrent niidril) of the leniniaj which chai'acter is approached 1>y Poa 

 sularl statu Scvihiwv, The genvis, if not maintained, belongs with Poa 

 and not witli Festuca. 



Amphigenes Janka, Linnaoa 30: 619. 1860. 



Based on Frs'tum carpatJdca Dietr, 



Prosphysis Dulac, Fl. Haut. Pyr. 67. 1867. 



The author ((notes Nardurus Reichcnb, as a synonym and includes 

 but one species, /■*. tenelht^^ based on Nardurus tenellm Reicheub. 

 This plant is considered by Ascherson and Graebner to l>e the same as 



Festuca mar it una L. 



Synapline Dulac, Fl. Haut. Pyr. 90. 1867. 



Theonl}" species is ^S'. rigida {Scleropoa rigida Griseb.) 



Distomomischus DulaOj Fl. Haut. Pyr. 91. 1867* 



The author (piotes Vnlpia Gmel, as a S3^non3^m and includes four 

 species in tliis scipience: D. rScmroides {Festuca seiurotdes lloth) ^ D. 

 ')tu/uros {Fe.stuca niyuros L.), D. clllatuH {Festuca ciliata Dantli.) and 



D. suhiniglumis {Festuca hrornoides L.). None of these species are 

 figured. 



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Drymonaetes Ehrh. 



This name occurs in Ehrhart, Beitrage 4: 147. 17S9, but is first 

 technically published as a genus in a paper hy Fourreau, Ann, So(^ 

 Linn. Lj^on n. s. 17: 187. 1809. The only species is based on Festuca 

 glgantea (L,) Vill. . 



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lioretia Duval-Juuve, Rev. Sci. Nat. II. 2: 38, 1880. 



Four species were described by the author as belonging to this 

 genus, arranged as follows: Loretia setacea based on Festuca setacea 

 Guss. ; Z, incramata based on .Bromus incrassatus Lam. ; L, gcnlculata 

 based on Bnyums genlculatus L. ; and X, UguMica based on Bromus 

 Ugusticus All, No figures are publi>ihcd b}^ Dural-Jouve, but he cite? 

 plates for each of the above species. 



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