208 



Var, DEBILIS, n. var. Much smaller and more slender, about 

 6-8 inches high ; inflorescence very simple ; spikelets few flowered ; 

 glumes blunt, strongly nerved. Arizona and New Mexico (C. 

 Wright, No. 1944 ; Rusby, No. 430, Coll. of 1880) ; also in Mex- 

 ico (Bourgeau, No. 529.) 



19. C. Fendlerianus, Boeckl. Texas, Arizona and New Mex- 

 ico (Fendler, No. 865 ; C. Wright, No. 1945 ; Rusby; Matthews; 

 also Hall and Harbour, Rocky Mountain Flora, No. 584,) 



Section 3. Viscosi, Clarke. 



20. C. viscosiis, Alton. (C trachynotus, Torrey.) Florida 



to New Mexico (Nos. 1943 and 704, C. Wright; No. 15 15, Mex. 



Bound. Survey); Mexico, West Indies and northern South 



America. 



Section 4. Liisuloidei, Kunth. 



21. C. Luzulcs, Rottb., var. UMBELLULATUS, n. var. {C. 

 vegetiis, Pursh, Muhlenberg, Elliott, Torrey, Chapman, &c., not 

 of Willd. ; C. virens, Gray, Manual, not of Michaux ; C. dis- 

 tinctus and pseiido-distinctiis, Steud.) ; Delaware (Canby) to 

 Florida (E. Palmer, No. 586, 1874), and westward through the 

 Gulf States to Texas (Lindheimer, No. 201), the Indian Territory 

 and Arkansas. Differs from the type mainly in the compound in- 

 florescence. Specimens received from Mr. Ravenel, collected at 

 Aiken, S. C, closely approach the type, which occurs in Mexico, 

 the West Indies and South America, (Mart. Herb. Flor. Brazil, 

 No. 245.) 



22. C. vii^ens, Michx. North Carolina to Florida (Curtiss, 

 N. A. Plants, No. 3062), and westward through the Gulf States 

 to Texas (E. Hall, No. 680) ; also in Mexico and Guatemala, 

 (fide Hemsley) ; California (vide Watson, Bot. Cal., ii., p. 214.) 



23. C. Siirinamensis, Rottb. {^C. Drununondi'i, Torrey); 

 Florida, (Curtiss. N. A. Plants, No. 3032) to Texas ; in ballast 

 grounds, Camden, N. J., (Parker); also in Mexico, the West In- 

 dies and South America. « 



24. C. ochraceus, Vahl. {C. f or mos us, Vahl (?), vide Torrey 

 in Ann. Lye, iii., p. 269; C. aureus {J), Britton in Bull. Torr. 

 Bot. Club, xi., p. 85 ) Abbeville, La. (Langlois, distributed as 

 No. 855c); Texas (Buckley), and in the West Indies and Mex- 

 ico (Botteri, Nos. 739, 740); Mex. Bound Survey, No. 15 19. 



