Melica 387 



M. 



difft 



•^Melica nitens Nutt in herb. 



M, diffusa nitens Scribn. Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila, 1885 : 

 44. 1885. 



M. scabra Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil, Soc. 5: 148. 1837. Not 

 Kunth, 1822, 



The types of both these are in the herbarium of the Philadel- 

 phia Academy of Sciences. I do not see that Jiiteiis can be main- 

 tained as distinct from the ordinary form of what has been called 

 M, diffusa. 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



United States Department of Agriculture. 



