360 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Panicle short and erect, the 
branches rather divari- 
cately spreading, usually 
less than 10 cm. long; 
spikelets 2.5mm. wide... 7. E. limbata. 
1. Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) B.S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 69. 1888. 
Poa hypnoides Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 185. 1791, 
Type locality, ‘‘America merid.”’ 
Ranae: Throughout the United States and southward to the West Indies and South 
America. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM Mexico: 
Lower Cauirornta: San Gregorio, Brandegee 21 in 1889. Comondi, Brandegee 
23 in 1899, 
San Luis Porosi: En route from San Luis Potos{ to Tampico, Palmer 1154 in 1880, 
Las Candas, sandy bottom of dried pools in a barranca, Pringle 3699. 
Veracruz: Papantla, Liebmann 537. Tlacotalpan, Nelson 511, Orizaba, 
Bourgeau 2638; Bottert 665. Panuco, Palmer 347 in 1910. Pital, Liebmann 
534. Veracruz, Miiller 2168. 
GuERRERO: Acapulco, Palmer 596 in 1895. 
Oaxaca: Jamiltepec, Nelson 2364. 
TaBasco: Laguna de la Polvora, Rovirosa 188. 
2. Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 192. 1827. 
Poa ciliaris L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 875. 1759. 
Type locality, Jamaica. 
Range: Tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MExIco: 
Lower Cauirornia: San José del Cabo, Brandegee 4 in 1899, 8 in 1890, Mira- 
flores, Purpus 291. 
Sonora: Alamos, Palmer 688 in 1890; along arroyo, Rose, Standley & Russell 
12701. 
Curauanua: Without locality, Palmer in 1886. 
Stvatoa: Villa Unidén, open field, Rose, Standley & Russell 13920. Culiacan, 
moist field, Rose, Standley & Russell 14866. Fuerte, sandy soil along river, 
Rose, Standley & Russell 13493. Rosario, along river, Rose, Standley & Rus- 
sell 14599. Mazatlan, thickets, Rose, Standley & Russell 14056. Mountains 
at headwaters of Mazatlan River, Wright 1319. Lodiego, river bottom, often 
overflowed during rainy season, Palmer 1649 in 1891. 
TamauLipas: Tampico, Palmer 147 in 1910; along street, Hitchcock 5791. Vic- 
toria, Palmer 481 in 1907. 
Tepic: Acaponeta, moist ravine, Rose, Standley & Russell 14244; Rose 3135. 
San Luts Potosi: Rascén, Purpus 5424. En route San Luis Potosf to Tampico, 
Palmer 1152 in 1878, 
Jauisco: Guadalajara, fields in the barranca, Pringle 1851. 
Couma: Manzanillo, Palmer 1085 in 1890. Caleras, along railway, Hitchcock 
7015, Alzada, weed in town, [Hitchcock 7105. Colima, Orcutt 4586. 
PurEBLa: Road to Mexico City, Nicolas in 1908. 
VERACRUZ: Jalapa, along railway, Hitchcock 6635. Sanborn, Orcutt 3239. Vera- 
cruz, Orcutt 2895; along railway, Hitchcock 6560; Miiller 2171. Colipa, Lieb- 
mann 546. 
MorELos: Yautepec, fields, Pringle 11223. 
GueErRERO: Balsas, along railway, Hitchcock 6802. Acapulco, Palmer 39 in 1894, 
Oaxaca: Tomellin, along ditch, Hitchcock 6230. Cuicatlin, Nelson 1650a, 
TaBasco: San Juan Bautista, Rovirosa 645. 
Yucatdn: Mérida, Schoit 20, 619, 
