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Prostrate, growing in yards in the shell deposit on the beach at Cor- 

 pus Christi. May 30 (1783). 



At Kerrville, on the banks of the Guadalupe ; growing in the gravel 

 near the water's edge, altitude 1600 feet, was a more robust form. 



June 18 (1882); type locality, Europe. 



Eragrostis Eragrostis (L.) Karst. Deutsche Fl. 389 (1880-83). 

 Poa Eragrostis L. Sp. PI. 68 (1753). 

 Eragrostis poaeoides Beauv. Agrost. 162 (1812). . 

 Eragrostis minor Host. Fl. Austr. i : 135 (1827). 

 Growing among gravel along the Guadalupe at Kerrville ; altitude 

 1600 feet. Scattered, but rather plentiful ; only near the water's edge. 

 June 18 (1879); tv P e locality, Italy. 



MELICA L. Sp. PL 66 (1753). 

 Melica diffusa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 77 (1814). . 

 Melica altissima Walt. Fl. Car. 78 (1788), not L. 

 Melica mutica var. diffusa A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 626 (1867). 

 Growing in clumps on moist limestone ledges along the Guadalupe at 

 Kerrville, altitude 1625 ^ eet - 



April 27 (1662) ; type locality, Virginia and Carolina. 



UNIOLA, L. Sp. PL 71 (1753). 

 Uniola paniculata L. Sp. PL 71 (1753). 



Uniola maritima Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:71 (1803). 

 On the Gulf coast of Mustang Island at Rope's Pass, growing in loose 

 sand at sea level. Culms tall and stout. 

 May 28 (i783a); type locality, Carolina. 



FESTUCA L. Sp. PL 73 (1753). 

 Festuca octoflora Walt. Fl. Car. 81 (1788). 



Festuca bromoides Michx FL Bor Am. i : 66 (1803). 

 Fesiuca tenella Willd. Enum. i : 113 (1809). 



A common grass in the region of Corpus Christi Bay, often growing in 

 the sand along the Beach. 



April 14 (1576); type locality, Carolina. 



BROMUS L. Sp. PL 76 (1753). 

 [CERATACHLOA Beauv. Agrost. 75 (1812).] 



Bromus unioloides (Willd.) H. B. K. Nov. Gen. i : 151 (1815). 

 Festuca unioloides Willd. Hort. Berol. i : 3, t. 3 (1806). 

 Bromus Willdenowii Kunth, Rev. Gram i: 134 (1829-35). 

 Bromus Schraderi Kunth, Enum. i : 416 (1833). 



