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Aira triglumis Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 223. 1854. [Rusk County], Tex., 



Vincent 62. 

 Bennetia juncea Raf.; Jacks., Ind. Kew. 1: 291. 1893, as synonym of Sporo- 



bolus junceus. Rafinesque (Bull. Bot. Seringe 1: 220. 1830) cites Agrostis 



juncea Michx., after his description of the new genus Bennetia, but does not 



transfer the specific name. 

 Sporobolus ejuncidus Nash, in Britton, Man. 106. 1901. Based on Sporobolus 



junceus Kunth. 

 (12) Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray, Man. 576. 1848. Based on 



Vilfa heterolepis A. Gray. 

 Vilfa heterolepis A. Gray, Ann. Lye. N.Y. 3: 233. 1835. Watertown, N.Y., 



Crawe. 

 Agrostis heterolepis Wood, Class-book ed. 2. 598. 1847. Based on Vilfa 



heterolepis Gray. 

 (5) Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 170. 1810. Based 



on Agrostis indica L. 

 Agrostis indica L., Sp. PL 63. 1753. "India", but the type from Jamaica, 



sent by Patrick Browne. 

 Agrostis elongata Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 162. 1791. Not Sporobolus elongatus 



R. Br., 1810. South America. Agrostis indica L. cited as synonym. 

 Vilfa elongata Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 16, 147, 181. 1812. Based on Agrostis 



elongata Lam. 

 Sporobolus lamarckii Desv.; Hamilt., Prodr. PL Ind. Occ. 4. 1825. Based 



on Agrostis elongata Lam. 

 Sporobolus jacquemontii Kunth, Rev. Gram. 2: 427. pi. 127. 1831. Domini- 

 can Republic. 

 Vilfa jacquemontii Trim, Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 1 : 92. 1840. 



Based on Sporobolus jacquemontii Kunth. 

 Vilfa indica Trim; Steud., Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 767. 1841. Based on Agrostis 



indica L. 

 Sporobolus littoralis var. elongatus Dur. and Schinz, Consp. Fl. Air. 5: 821. 



1894. Based on Vilfa elongata Beauv. 

 (11) Sporobolus interruptus Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 8. 1888. 



Arizona, Coues and Palmer 66 in 1886; San Francisco Forest, Rusby 15 in 



1883 [the Rusby specimen, distributed as no. 885, the type]. 

 Sporobolus arizonicus Thurb.; Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 8. 1888, as 



synonym of Sporobolus interruptus Vasey. 

 (9) Sporobolus macrus (Trin.) Hitchc, Amer. Jour. Bot. 2: 303. 1915. Based 



on Vilfa macra Trin. 

 Vilfa macra Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 1 : 79. 1840. 



Louisiana. 

 (2) Sporobolus microspermus (Lag.) Hitchc, Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 23: 453. 



1933. Based on Milium microspermum Lag. 

 Milium microspermum Lag., Gen. and Sp. Nov. 2. 1816. Grown from seed 



sent from Mexico by Sesse. 

 Agrostis minutissima Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 171. 1854. New Mexico, 



Fendler 986. 

 Vilfa confusa Fourm, Mex. PL 2: 101. 1886. Mexico (several localities 



cited including Schiede and Deppe 913 which is the basis of " Vilfa ramulosa 



Schlecht." cited by Fournier); United States, Hall and Harbour 643. 

 Sporobolus confusus Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 293. 1888. Based 



on Vilfa confusa Fourn. 

 Sporobolus confusus var. aberrans Jones, Contrib. West. Bot. 14: 10. 1912. 



Bowie, Ariz., and Colonia Juarez, Mexico, [Jones). 

 Sporobolus minutissimus Hitchc, Biol. Soc Wash. Proc. 41: 161. 1928. 



Based on Agrostis minutissima Steud. 

 (22) Sporobolus nealleyi Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 49. 1888, name 



only; Contrib. U.S. Natl., Herb. 1: 57. 1890. Brazos Santiago, Tex., Nealley. 

 (7) Sporobolus neglectus Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 464. 1895. Massa- 

 chusetts to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Kansas. [Type, Woodruff Gap, 



N.J., Britton in 1887.]* 

 Sporobolus vaginaeflorus neglectus Scribn., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 17 



(ed. 2): 170. f. 466. 1901. Based on S. neglect us Nash. 

 Sporobolus ozarkanus Fernald, Rhodora 35: 109. 1933. Webb City, Mo., 



Palmer 3133. 

 (4) Sporobolus poiretii (Roem. and Schult.) Hitchc, Bartonia 14: 32. 1932. 



Based on Axonopus poiretii Roem. and Schult. 



