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7. Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Link; Vign. Lut. Malpighia 18: 886. 1904. 
Poa cilianensis All. Fl. Pedem. 2: 246. 1785. 
Eragrostis major Host, Icon. Gram, Austr, 4: 14. 1809. 
Eragrostis megastachya Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 187. 1827. 
Culms erect or often spreading; panicles rather compact, 2 to 10 cm. long, 
greenish or often whitish, the spikelets many-flowered, larger than in the 
other annual species; plant giving off a disagreeable odor. 
A common weed in the United States. Originally described from Europe. 
Found in Bermuda. 
8. Eragrostis eragrostis (L.) Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 389. 1883. 
Poa eragrostis L. Sp. Pl. 68. 1753. 
Culms aseending, 30 to 40 cm. long; blades scabrous above; panicles oblong, 
rather loosely flowered, the pale spikelets 5 to 7 mm. long. 
A European species introduced in the United States; found in Haiti and 
Martinique. 
9. Eragrostis barrelieri Daveau, Journ. de Bot. 8: 289. 1894. 
Much like #. eragrostis in habit; small axillary panicles commonly borne in 
the sheaths, 
An Old World species introduced in Texas and St. Croix. 
10. Eragrostis glomerata (Walt.) L. H. Dewey, Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb. 2: 
543. 1894, 
Poa glomerata Walt. Fl. Carol. 80. 1788. 
Poa conferta Ell, Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 158, 1816. 
Eragrostis conferta Trin. Mém, Acad. St. Pétersb. VI. Math. Phys. Nat. 1: 
409, 1830. 
Robust, sometimes as much as 2 meters tall and appearing like a perennial, 
freely branching, the branches sometimes fascicled ; blades elongate; panicles as 
much as 40 cm. long, narrowly contracted, densely flowered, the spikelets 
minute. 
Moist, low ground, southeastern United States to Uruguay. Poa glomerata 
and P. conferta were described from South Carolina. 
In the West Indies known from Trinidad only, where it forms colonies in 
damp places in the western part of the island from Port of Spain to La Brea. 
11. Eragrostis glutinosa (Swartz) Trin. Mém. Acad. St. Pétersb, VI. Math. 
Phys. Nat. 1: 397. 1830. 
Poa glutinosa Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 26. 1788. 
Eragrostis sudans Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 227. 1866. 
Low, tufted, the wiry ascending culms about 10 em. tall, branching; blades 
involute, nearly equaling the small open panicles, the axis and branches viscid, 
seeds and dirt adhering to them. 
Sandy soil, Cuba and Jamaica. Originally described from the latter island. 
Eragrostis sudans was described from Cuba, the type being Wright 8422. 
12. Eragrostis bahamensis Hitche. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 4: 149, 1898. 
Tufted, usually about 15 cm. tall, the spreading simple wiry culms spikelet- 
bearing about half their length, the spikelets appressed or ascending, 6 to 8 mm. 
long, firm and hard, mostly solitary ; blades involute, firm, a woolly tuft on the 
auricles at the summit of the sheath. 
Rocky soil, Bahamas; originally described from Inagua. 
Bahamas (Caicos, Acklin, Inagua, Little Inagua, Rum Cay, Turks Island). 
*For synonymy and discussion see Hubbard, Philippine Journ, Sci. C, Bot. 8: 
159. 1913. 
