FESTUCEJ?. 481 



Mexico (State of Colima), Palmer 1335. 



7. E. pusillus Sciibu. ined. 



A slender glandular diffuse branching annual, 15-30 cm. high. 

 Ligule very short, puberulent; blades and sheaths pubescent, the 

 former flat or involute, 3-6 cm. long, 3-6 mm. wide. Panicle 

 linear or elliptical, nuiny-flowered, rays single or in twos or threes, 

 diffusely branched throughout. Spikelets light green, becoming 

 brown, pedicellate, ovate or oval, 2-5-flowered, 1.2-3 mm. long; 

 enij)ty glumes ovate, acute, 1 -nerved, scabrid on the keel, first 

 0.5-0.8 mm. long, second 0.8-1.2 mm. long; floral glume smooth, 

 broadly oval, abruptly acute, obscurely 3-nerved, 1.2-1.4 mm. long; 

 palea incurved, smooth, oval before spreading, margins from the 

 obscure keels wide, about 1 mm. long. Grain globose, slightly 

 compressed, 0.5 mm. long. 



Mexico (Jalisco), Pr ingle 2327. 



8. E. glomerata (Walt.) L. H. Dewey, Coult. Contrib. U. S. 

 Nat. Herb. 2:543 (1894). Poa glomerata Walt. Fl. Car. 80 

 (1788). Poa conferta Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1:158 (1816). E. 

 confertaTrm. Act. Petrop. YI, 1:409 (1831). 



An erect rather stout brancliiug annual, 60-90 cm. high. 

 Sheaths smooth; ligule 1 mm. long; blades flat, 20-30 cm. long, 

 3-4 mm. wide. Panicle whitish, linear or lanceolate, 25-60 cm. 

 long, branches numerous, clustered, erect. Spikelets pedicellate, 

 appressed, covering the branches to the base, oblong, 2-7-10- 

 flowered, 2.5-3 mm. long; glumes all smooth, very thin; empty 

 glumes ovate, acute or obtuse, second about 1 mm. long; floral 

 glume a little longer, obtuse, with three conspicuous nerves; palea 

 nearly as long as its glume. 



U. S. Dept. Agricid. 576, no locality; Florida, Citrtiss 3497. 



River banks, South Carolina, Florida to Texas, Cuba, Brazil. 



9. E. capillaris (L.) Nees, Agrost. Bras. 505 (1820). Poa 

 capillar is L. Sp. PL 68 (1753). 



Tufted erect annuals (?), branching only at the very base, 

 spreading above, 30-70 cm. high. Throat bearded; blades rather 

 rigid, glabrous or sparingly hairy, involute, 40-60 cm. long, 2-3 

 mm. wide. Panicle open, elliptical, ol^ovate or pyramidal, rays 



