242 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Herbarium by two specimens, one of 1860-64, labeled "Savannas, Hoto del Medio, 

 Aug. 25," the other, Monte Verde, 1859, labeled "On rocks exposed to the sun, 

 covered with a thin stratum of earth, on the brink of the Farallones, Oct. 11." 

 4. Leptochloa virgata (L.) Beauv. Agrost. 166. 1812. 



Cynosurus virgatus E. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 876. 1759. 



Leptochloa perennis Hack. Inf. Anal. Est. Agr. Cuba 1: 411. 1906. 



Wright 283, 741, 3436; Habana, Tracy 9108, Curtiss 607; La Magdalena, Baker HC 

 3635; Matanzas, Britton 543; Santiago de las Vegas, Hitchcock in 1906; Herradura, 

 Baker HC 765, 2786, Tracy 9061, Hitchcock in 1906; Cayamas, Baker HC 4617; Cien- 

 fuegos, Pringle 62, Combs 256 in Gray Herbarium; San Diego de los Banos, Palmer 

 & Riley 543; Santiago de Cuba, Pollard, Palmer & Palmer 273; Marianao, Leon 560; 

 Yumury Mountains, Rugel 193 in Gray Herbarium. In the herbarium of the New 

 York Botanical Garden are: Santiago de Cuba, Palmer 273; Baracoa, Underwood & 

 Earle 1397; Madruga, Britton & Shafer 746. 



Wright's 741 in the Sauvalle Herbarium has also the secondary number 278. In 

 the Grisebach Herbarium are three specimens of this: "In roads, probably intro- 

 duced, La Ferruina, June 24," no. 278 of 1865; no. 3436 of 1860-64; no. "117=740" 

 from eastern Cuba, 1860. One of the Wright specimens bearing the number 741 

 in the Gray Herbarium (eastern Cuba, 1856-57) is L. virgata; the other is L. mucro- 

 nata. Wright's 3436 in the Gray Herbarium is from Mayari Abajo, Aug. 2. Another 

 specimen in the Gray Herbarium without number is from "Savannas, Retiro, 

 Oct. 11." 



60. OPIZIA Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 293. t. 41. f. 1. 1830. 



1. Opizia stolonifera Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 293. 1830. 



Cojimar, Baker HC 2898, 5076, Hitchcock in 1906; Pinar del Rio, Shafer 482; Ha- 

 bana, Curtiss 571, Leon 274, 288. 



61. PAPPOPHOFvUM Schreb.; Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 10. 1794. 



1. Pappophorum laguroides Schrad. in Schult. Mant. 2: 342. 1824. 

 Triscornia, Hitchcock in 1906. 



62. GYNERIUM II. B. K. PI. Aequin. 2: 112. t. 115. 1809. 



1. Gynerium sagittatum (Aubl.) Beauv. Agrost. 138. 1812. 



Saccharum sagittatum Aubl. PI. Guian. 1: 50. 1775. 



Gynerium saccharoides H. B. K. PI. Aequin. 2: 112. 1809. 



Retiro, Wright 224; Wright 3477; Santiago de las Vegas, Baker HC 1297, 5017, 

 Wilson 237; San Diego de los Banos, Palmer & Riley 616. In the herbarium of 

 the New York Botanical Garden are the following: Matanzas, Britton & Shafer 265, 

 Britton & Wilson 205; Santiago de Cuba, Taylor 145; Calvario, Leon 569. 



In the Grisebach Herbarium are Wright 3477, 1860-64, and 1560 of 1859. Wright's 

 1560 in the Gray Herbarium is from Monte Verde; no. 3477 is labeled "10-15 ft. 

 panicle 4-6 ft. On stony ledges in the river Tacotaco, Sept. 13.' 



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63. ERAGROSTIS Host, Icon. Gram. Austr. 4: 14. pi. U.f. 11. 1809. b 



Flowers dioecious; creeping annuals 7. E. hypnoides. 



Flowers perfect, stems not creeping. 

 Palea prominently ciliate; annuals. 



Panicle contracted, spike-like 2. E. ciliaris. 



Panicle open 8. E. plumosa. 



"Schreb. Gen. 2: 787. 1791. without citation of species. 



b Until the genus Eragrostisis monographed the Cuban species must remain some- 

 what uncertain. 



