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cuprea Jacq.), 

 Walter with P 



med by Linnaeus Poa Jiava ( Triodia 

 the latter seems to be included by 

 (ensis. I am unable to suggest just 



what Walter's species is. Walter has used Linnaeus' 

 description, adding " floribus subobtusis." 



glomerata 4. panicula coarctata longa, spiculis sub 8-floris 



o;lomeratis, culmo erecto. 



This is referred bv Elliott to 



Poa con ft 



and 



transferred to E 



Dewey as E 



(Walt.) Dewey. The description agrees well except 

 * 4 spiculis glomeratis." The spikelets are certainly not 

 glomerate, a character which seems to have attracted 

 Walter's attention, judging from the specific name. 

 The panicle is often contracted and more or less inter- 

 rupted at base, which may have suggested glomerata. 



Eragrostis ? panicula subverticillata, pedicellis flexuosis, 



5. 



decemfloris lanceolatis serratis, 



collo 



spiculi 



confertis, folii 



villosis, culmo suberecto. 



s 



longis angustis 



This is probably Eragrostis pilosa Beauv., since the 

 plant which Elliott describes under the name of Poa 

 Eragrostis is E. pilosa (E. Purslni Sehrad.), as shown 

 bv Elliott's herbarium. 



amabilis? 6. panicula diffusa virgata, ramis nutantibus 



ramulo uno alterove, spiculis lanceolatis 

 remotis quindecimfloris. 



Probably Eragrostis nitida (Ell.) Chapm., although 

 Elliott and Muhlenberg refer it to Poa refracta Muhl. 

 and Pursh to his P. spcctabilis. The 15-flowered spike- 

 lets refer better to nitida than to sped 'abilis (pectinacea) . 



