HITCHCOCK—MEXICAN GRASSES. 861. 
3. Eragrostis plumosa (Retz.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 192. 1827. 
Poa plumosa Retz. Obs. Bot. 4: 20. 1786. 
Type locality, ‘‘Tranquebaria,’’ East Indies. 
Ran@e: Tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MEXxICco: 
Lower Cauirornia: San José del Cabo, Brandegee 1 and 19 in 1890, and in 1902. 
Couma: Colima, Palmer 1266 in 1891; waste and cultivated ground, Palmer 15 in 
1897. Manzanillo, Palmer 1266 in 1890. Coquimatlin, along railway, 
Hitchcock 7053. Alzada, between railway ties, Hitchcock 7108. 
Pursia: Puebla, prairies, Nicolas in 1910. 
GuERRERO: Acapulco, Palmer 40 in 1894. San Marco, Nelson 2270, 
Taxsasco: San Juan Bautista, Rovirosa 690. 
Yucatan: Mérida, Schott 59. Without locality, Gawmer 851. 
4. Eragrostis scribneriana nom. nov. 
Eragrostis pusilla Scribn.; Beal, Grasses N. Amer, 2: 481. November 11, 1896, not 
Hack. September, 1896. 
Type locality, ‘“Mexico (Jalisco),’’ the type specimen collected by Pringle (no. 
2327). 
RanaeE: Known only from the type locality. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS: 
Jauisco: Guadalajara, dry rocky hills, Pringle 2327; gravelly soil, Pringle 11741. 
5. Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 71. 1812. 
Poa pilosa L, Sp. Pl. 68. 1753. 
Type locality, ‘‘India.”’ 
RANGE: Temperate and warmer regions of both hemispheres. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MEXICO: 
Lower CALirornis: Santa Agueda, Palmer 218 in 1890. Maleje, Gulf of Cali- 
fornia, Palmer 42 in 1887. Binveama (Cape Region), Brandegee 7 in 1899. 
El Taste, Brandegee 50 in 1893. Sierra de la Laguna, Brandegee 82 in 1893. 
San José del Cabo, Purpusin 1901. Santa Rosalia, Palmer 145 in 1889. 
Sonora: Guaymas, Palmer 49 and 167 in 1887; in the public square, Rose 1281. 
Nogales to Cocospora Ranch, Griffiths 6793. Hermosillo, meadow by ditch, 
Hitchcock 3576; near river, Hitchcock 3593; along ditch, Hitchcock 3613. 
Valley of Rio de Sonora, Rose, Standley & Russell 12491. Llano, along 
railway, Hitchcock 3521. Nogales, along railway, Hitchcock 3634. Alamos, 
Rose, Standley & Russell 13030, Palmer 689 in 1890. San Pedro River, Mearns 
1148. Yaqui River, Palmer 6 in 1869. 
Curmuanva: Batopilas, on the roof of Governor Shepherd’s house, Palmer in 1885. 
Southwestern Chihuahua, Palmer 8 and 50F in 1885. Candelaria, Stearns 261. 
Between Casas Grandes and Sabinal, Nelson 6353. 
SrnaLoa: Lodiego, river bottom, Palmer 1651 in 1891. Rosario, Rose 1544, 1545, 
1847; along the river, Rose, Standley & Russell 14584. Headwaters of Mazat- 
lin River, Wright 1320. San Blas, gravel beds along river, Rose, Standley & 
Russell 13393. Topolobampo, Palmer 240 in 1897. 
Duranao: Durango, Palmer in 1896; cultivated ground, Palmer 177, 183, and 
726 in 1896; plains and arroyos, Palmer 764 in 1896; among mesquite bushes, 
Palmer 768 in 1896; along road, Hitchcock 7586. Torreén, weed in field, 
Hitchcock 7554. Tepehuanes, Palmer 266 in 1906. Tlahualilo, barren hills, 
Pittier 476. 
Coanurta: Saltillo, Palmer 398 in 1904; in waste places, Palmer 811 and 812 in 
1898; wet place, Hitchcock 5621, 5630, 
TAMAULIPAS: Victoria, Palmer 474 and 555 in 1907. 
Tpic: Tepic, Palmer 1928 in 1892. Between Aguacate and Dolores, Rose 2016. 
