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42. OLYRA L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1261. 1759. 



1. Olyra latifolia L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1261. 1759. 



Retiro, February 27, Wright 746; Las Acostas, Baker HC 5239; Vento, Baker HC 

 584; Lomas de Candelaria, Baker HC 1624; Madruga, Shafer; Baracoa, Pollard, 

 Palmer & Palmer 53; Cienfuegos, Pringle 70; El Guama, Palmer & Riley 115, 216; 

 Herradura, Baker HC 2940, Hitchcock in 1906; Isle of Pines, Palmer & Riley 1058, 1066, 

 Curtiss 293, Taylor 26, 27, in Gray Herbarium; Yumury Mountains, Rugel 186 in Gray 

 Herbarium; Cienfuegos, Combs 210 in Gray Herbarium; Marianao, Leon 583. The 

 following are in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden: Cedro, Underivood 

 & Ear ie 1538; YumuryMountains,i?u^eZ873; Santiago de Cuba, Hamilton 209; Matan- 

 zas, Britton & Wilson 457; Madruga, Britton & Shafer 315, 736; Eggers 4639. 



There are two Wright specimens of this in the Grisebach Herbarium, no. 162 of 1865 

 and no. 746 from eastern Cuba, 1859. 



43. LITHACHNE Beauv. Agrost. 135. /. 24. f. 11. 1812. 



Blades ovate, 1 to 2 cm. wide 1. L. -pauciflora. 



Blades oblong, less than 5 mm. wide 2. L. pineti. 



1. Lithachne pauciflora (Sw.) Beauv.; Poir. Diet. Sci. Nat. 27: 60. 1823. 

 Olyra pauciflora Sw. Prod. 21. 1788. 



Olyra axillaris Lam. Encycl. 4: 547. 1797. 



Lithachne axillaris Beauv. Agrost. 166. t. 24- f- 11- 1812. 



Wright 732; Santiago de las Vegas, Baker HC 4148, 5049, Hitchcock in 1906; San 

 Antonio, Hitchcock in 1906; Cienfuegos, Pringle 54, Combs 319 in Gray Herbarium; 

 Madruga, Curtiss 661; El Guama, Palmer & Riley 105; Herradura, Baker HC 2941, 

 Hitchcock in 1906; Habana, Leon 584. In the herbarium of the New York Botanical 

 Garden: Santiago de Cuba, Hamilton 210; Eggers 5356. 



There are three specimens of this in the Grisebach Herbarium, two from eastern 

 Cuba, 1856-57 and 1859, both numbered 732, and one from western Cuba numbered 

 "1133=732." One sheet of Wright 732 in the Gray Herbarium is from "Banks of 

 river, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Apr. 8." 



2. Lithachne pineti (Wright) Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 182. 1908. 

 Olyra pineti Wright; Griseb. Mem. Amer. Acad. n. ser. 8: 532. 1862. 



Eastern Cuba in 1859, Wright 1536 in Grisebach Herbarium. There is a duplicate 

 type in the Gray Herbarium. 



44. MNIOCHLOA Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 185. 1908. 



Flowering culms much exceeding sterile ones; fruit glabrous 1. M. pulchella. 



Flowering and sterile culms about equal in height; fruit pubescent. 2. M. strephioides. 



1. Mniochloa pulchella (Griseb.) Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 186. 1908 

 Digitaria pulchella Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 231. 1866. 



Strephiumf pulchellum Wright, Anal. Acad. Cienc. Habana 8: 202. 1871; Sauv. 

 Fl. Cub. 193. 

 Crece al borde de precipicios en el Yunque de Baracoa Wright 344S. 



2. Mniochloa strephioides (Griseb.) Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 186. 1908. 

 Olyra strephioides Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 229. 1866. 



Wright 3435; San Diego de los Banos, Caldwell & Baker 7011. 



The Grisebach specimen, which is the type, is from western Cuba, 1863, num- 

 bered "942=3435." 



