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(17) Bouteloua trifida Thurb., in S. Wats., Amer. Acad. Sci. Proc. 18: 177. 



1883. Monclova, Coahuila, Palmer 1355 in 1880. 

 Bouteloua burkii Scribn., in S. Wats., Amer. Acad. Sci. Proc. 18: 179. 1883. 



Western Texas and New Mexico, Berlandier 167 and 1427. 

 Chondrosium trinii Fourn., Mex. PI. 2: 136. 1886. Laredo, Tex., Berlandier 



1427. 

 Chondrosium polysiachyum Trin.; Fourn., Mex. PI. 2: 136. 1886, as synonym 



of C. trinii Fourn. 

 Chondrosium virletii Fourn., Mex. PL 2: 136. 1886. San Luis Potosi, 



Mexico, Virlet 1373. 

 Bouteloua trifida var. burkii Vasey; L. H. Dewey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 



2: 532. 1894. Based on B. burkii Scribn. 

 Bouteloua trinii Griffiths, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 14: 387. 1912. Based 



on Chondrosium trinii Fourn. Griffiths accepts 1881 as the date for Four- 



nier's work. 

 (2) Bouteloua uniflora Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 16: 26. 1891. Crockett County, 



Tex., Nealley [222]. 



(125) BRACHIARIA (Trin.) Griseb. 



(1) Brachiaria ciliatissima (Buckl.) Chase, in Hitchc., U.S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 

 772: 221. 1920. Based on Panicum ciliatissimum Buckl. 



Panicum ciliatissimum Buckl., Prel. Kept. Geol. Agr. Survey Tex. App. 4. 



1866. Northern Texas [Buckley]. 

 Brachiaria erucaeformis (J. E. Smith) Griseb., in Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 469. 



1853. Based on Panicum erucaeforme J. E. Smith. 

 Panicum erucaeforme J. E. Smith, in Sibth., Fl. Graec. 1: 44. pi. 59. 1806. 



Greece. 

 Panicum isachne Roth, in Roem. and Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 458. 1819. East 



Indies. 

 Echinochloa eruciformis Koch, Linnaea 21: 437. 1848. Based on Panicum 



erucaeforme J. E. Smith. 

 Panicum isachne var. mexicana Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 114. 1896. Grown 



from seed said to come from Mexico. 

 Brachiaria isachne Stapf, in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 552. 1919. Based on 



Panicum isachne Roth. 



(2) Brachiaria extensa Chase, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 240. 1929. Based 



on Paspalum platyphyllum Griseb. 



Paspalum platyphyllum Griseb., Cat. PL Cub. 230. 1866. Not P. platyphyl- 

 lum Schult., 1827. Zarabanda, Cuba, Wright 3441. 



Panicum platyphyllum Munro; Wright, An. Acad. Cienc. Habana 8: 206. 

 1871. Based on Paspalum platyphyllum Griseb. 



Brachiaria platyphylla Nash, in Small, Fl. Southeast. U.S. 81, 1327. 1903. 

 Based on Panicum platyphyllum Munro. 



(3) Brachiaria plantaginea (Link) Hitchc., Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 212. 



1909. Based on Panicum plantagineum Link. 

 Panicum plantagineum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 206. 1827. Grown in Berlin, 



origin unknown. 



Panicum leandri Trin., Gram. Icon. 3: pi. 335. 1836. Brazil. 

 Panicum distans Salzm.; Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 61. 1854. Not P. distans 



Trin., 1829. Bahia, Brazil [Salzmann]. 

 Panicum disciferum Fourn., Mex. PL 2: 19. 1886. San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 



Virlet 1292. 



(80) BRACHYELYTRUM Beauv. 



(1) Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 155. 1812. Based 



on Muhlenbergia erecta Schreb. 

 1 Dilepyrum aristosum Michx., FL Bor. Amer. 1: 40. 1803. Georgia and 



Carolina, Michaux. 

 ? Muhlenbergia aristata Pers., Syn. PL 1: 73. 1805. Based on Dilepyrum 



aristosum Michx. 

 Muhlenbergia erecta Schreb., in Spreng., Mem. Acad. St. Pe"tersb. 2: 287. 



1807-08. Georgia and Carolina. 

 ? Brachyelytrum aristatum Roem. and Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 413. 1817. Based 



on Dilepyrum aristosum Michx. 

 Muhlenbergia brachyelytrum Trin., Gram. Unifl. 188. 1824, Based on 



Brachyelytrum erectum Beauv, 



