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Aqrostis comvressa Poir., in Lam., Encycl. Sup. 1: 258. 1810. Not -A. com- 

 pressa Willd., 1790, nor Poir. (op. cit.) 1: 259. 1810 Carolina, Bo.sc 



Milium compressum Ton:, in Lam., Encycl. Sup. 1: 258. 1810. Not M. 

 compressum Swartz, 1788. As synonym of Agrostis com pressa Poir. 



Axonopus poiretii Roem. and Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 318 1817 Based on 

 Agrostis compressa Poir., "n. 78," not A. compressa Willd., 1790, nor Poir. 

 (op. cit.) no. 82, on the following page. 



V<£fe tonuiM»ma Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 258. 1825. West Indies and 



VtYafxiTT^n., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4»: 89. 1840. 



U^S™ T^f Met Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4>: 100. 1840. 

 Dominican Republic, Bernhardt. nnn 



SpoSus onptfu* BuckL, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc 1862: 88 1863. "Bu- 

 chanan county" [probably error for Buchanan] Tex., [Buckley]. 



Vilfa tenacissima var. exilis Fourn., Mex. PL 2: 99. 1886. Based on Vilfa 



€xilis Trin. 

 Sporobolus b'erteroanus Hitchc. and Chase, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 370. 



1917. Based on Vilfa berteroana Trin. 

 This species has been included in Sporobolus indicus in some manuals. 

 (17) Sporobolus purpurascens (Swartz) Hamilt., Prodr. PL Ind. Occ. 5. 1825. 



Based on Agrostis purpurascens Swartz. 

 Agrostis purpurascens Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 25. 1788. Jamaica, 



VilfTpurpurascens Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 16, 182. 1812. Based on Agrostis 



purpurascens Swartz. . 0/l „- 



l4 grisebachiana Fourn., Mex. PL 2: 98. 1886. Cuba, Wright 3427a. 

 1'4 liebmanni Fourn., Mex. PL 2: 100. 1886. Mexico, Liebmann ,693 

 (1) Sporobolus ramulosus (H.B.K.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: b8. 1829. Based 



on Vilfa r amu losa H.B.K. „„__ T „ »*■ . 



FzTfa rcrauZosa H.B.K., Nov. Gen. and Sp. 1: 137. 1815. Jorullo, Mexico, 



Humboldt and Bonpland. 

 Agrostis ramulosa Roem. and Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 361. 1817. Based on 



Vilfa ramulosa H.B.K. «„„. „__ ,o~* » T ^ 



Vilfa minima Vasey, U.S.Dept.Agr. Monthly Rept. 1874: 155. 1874. Not 



F. minima Trin., 1854. Twin Lakes Colo., ttoj/ 1077. # 



Sporobolus wolfii Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 52. 1883. Twin Lakes, 



Sp C or X obolus racemosus Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 9. 1887. Chihuahua, 



Mexico, Palmer [4B in 1885]. 

 Muhlenbergia wolfii Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 600. 1905. Based on 

 Sporobolus wolfii Vasey. 

 (14) Sporobolus teretifolius Harper, Bull. Torrey, Bot. Club 33: 229. 1906. 

 Near Moultrie, Ga., Harper 1642. 



(28) Sporobolus texanus Vasey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 57. 1890. Screw 

 Bean, Presidio County, Tex., Nealley [755]. 



(29) Sporobolus tharpii Hitchc, Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 41: 161. 1928. Padre 

 Island, Tex., Tharp 4772. 



(6) Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr.) Wood, Class-book 775. ed. 3. 1861. 



Based on Ui7/a vaginiflora Torr. ,oo,< ^ . iur/ 



UWa vaginiflora Torr.; Gray, Gram, and Cyp . 1: no. 3 1834; Trin., Mem. 



Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4>: 56. 1840. New Jersey. 

 Cryptostachys vaginata Steud., Flora 33: 229. 1850, name only; Syn. PL 



Glum 1: 181. 1854. North America. 

 SporSUw minor Vasey; A. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 646^ 1890 Not S. minor 



Kunth, 1830. Virginia to North Carolina [type, Boynton], Tennessee and 



Splrobolus filiculmis L. H. Dewey, Contrib U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 519. 1894. 



Not S. filiculmis Vasey, 1885. Based on S. minor Vasey , 



Sporobolus ovatus Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 300. 1896. Based on S. minor 



Splrobolus vaginatus Scribn., Bot. Gaz. 21: 15. 1896. Based on Crypto- 

 stachys vaginata Steud. TT Q , „ 



? Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. minor Scribn.; Chapm., *1. boutn. U.S>. ed. 6. 

 598. 1897. North Carolina and Tennessee. 



Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. inaequahs Fernald, Rhodora 3o. 109. iy<5cS. 

 Concord, N.H., Batchelder in 1901. 



