: 520 ee 
511 
Dry soil and pine lands, South Carolina to Florida, near the 
coast, 
SYNONYMY: Gadlactia pinnata Muhl. Cat. 65.1813. Not Persoon, 
1807, 
Lephrosia Elhotti Benth. Ann. Mus. Wien 2: 127. 1838. 
14a. Galactia Elliotti Leavenworthii Torr. & Gray. Fl. N. 
Am. 1: 687. 1838. 
Silky pubescent or villous throughout. 
Type in Herb. Columbia College. 
Florida, Leavenworth ; Lake Co., Nash. 
New or noteworthy American Grasses.—lI], 
By Geo, V. Nasu. 
EATONIA NITIDA (Spreng.). 
Aira nitida Spreng. Fl. Hal. Mant. 1: 32. 1807. 
Aira Pennsylvanica Spreng. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 2: 299. 
pl. 7. 1810. 
Aira mollis Muhl. Gram. 82. 1817. 
Eatonia Dudleyi Vasey, Coult. Bot. Gaz. 11: 116. 1886. 
Sprengel in his description of Azra nitida describes the leaves 
as 1’ long and pubescent at the base. These are characters which 
are peculiar to the plant known as Eatonia Dudleyi Vasey, which 
is very common in Pennsylvania, the region from which Sprengel’s 
plant came. The Azra Pennsylvanica Spreng. is certainly the 
LEatonia Dudleyi Vasey. The figure cited above well represents 
this species. 
The more prominent characters which appear to separate this. 
plant from the Eatonia Pennsylvanica(DC.) A. Gray, are: The almost 
constant pubescence of the sheaths, at least the lower ones; the 
slender culm; the short, often pubescent leaves; and the broader 
first scale, which is about one-third the width of the second. 
Puccrneciia arrorpes (Nutt.) Wats. & Coult. in A. Gray, Man. 
Ed. 6, 668. 1890. 
Poa airoides Nutt. Gen. 1: 68. 1818. 
