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thickish blades oblong or linear, obtuse ; spikes few to several, the rachis and 

 glumes pale green, the florets chestnut. 



Open ground, especially in limestone soil near the coast, southern United 

 States to Panama and the West Indies. Originally described from Jamaica; 

 Agrostis complanata described from garden plants grown from seed from 

 Jamaica; C. septentrionalis described from Texas. 



Bermuda, Bahamas (Hog Island, New Providence, Anguilla Isles, Andros), 

 Cuba, Jamaica, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, and Trinidad. 



Chloeis cabibaea Spreng. (Syst. Veg. 1: 295. 1825. C. bahiensis Steud.) 

 M^af? described from " Ins Carib." The type specimen is labeled as collected in 

 Guadeloupe by Bertero, but the locality is probably an error.* 



2. Chloris cruciata (L.) Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 25. 1788. 

 Agrostis cruciata L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 893. 17.59. 



Vilfa? cruciata Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 16, 181. 1812. 



Rabdochloa cruciata Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 84, 158, 176. 1812. 



Chloris humboldtiana Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 205. 1854. 



Chloris brevigluma Wright, Anal. Acad. Cienc. Habana 8: 200. 1871. 



A low, densely tufted perennial, with delicate, sometimes elongate and 

 straggling culms, branching from the lower nodes, filiform blades, and usually 

 2 or 3 at length widely spreading spikes 2 to 3 cm. long, the small spikelets with 

 long delicate awns. 



Stony slopes, Cuba and Jamaica. Originally described from Jamaica. 

 Chloris Jmmboldtiana and C. brevigluma were described from Cuba, Wright 

 1548 in part being the type of the latter. 



3. Chloris sagraeana A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cuba 11: 315. 1850. 

 Chloris eleusinoides Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 539. 1864. 



Chloris eleusinoides var, vestita Greenm. in Combs, Trans. Acad. St. Louis 

 7: 477. 1897. 



Perennial; culms ascending, 20 to 60 cm. long, branching from the lower 

 nodes ; sheaths keeled, blades folded ; ^Dikes mostly 4 or 5, stiffly horizontally 

 .spreading at maturity, the imbricate but not crowded spikelets with delicate 

 awns about 12 mm. long. Foliage occasionally puberulent. 



Open ground and grassy banks, West Indies. Originally described from 

 Cuba. Richard states that his plant agrees perfectly with Sloane's plate 68, 

 fig. 3, which is the same as C. eleusinoides. '^ Chloris eleusinoides was described 

 from Jamaica and Antigua. The variety vestita is based on a puberulent 

 specimen from Cienfuegas, Cuba. 



Bahamas (New Providence, Inagua), Cuba, Jamaica, Santo Domingo, St. 

 Croix, Antigua, and Guadeloupe. 



4. Chloris leptantha Hitchc. in Urban, Symb. Antill. 7 : 166. 1912. 



A tufted ascending leafy perennial, commonly 30 to 50 cm. tall, the sheaths 

 and numerous short usually flat blades pubescent ; spikes slender, the spikelets 

 rather distant. 



Open dry ground Jamaica (vicinity of Kingston and eastward), Santo 

 Domingo (Las Salinas) and northern South America. Originally described 

 from the island of Bonaire. 



5. Chloris radiata (L.) Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 26. 1788. 

 Agrostis radiata L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 879. 1759. 



'Compare Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 103. 1903. 



* For a discussion of Sloane's plate and th type of Agrostis radiata L. see 

 Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12-: 120. 190S. 



