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Eragrostis eragrostis MacM., Met. Minn. Vail. 75. 1892. Not E. eragrostis 



Beauv., 1812. Based on Briza eragrostis L. 

 Megastachya eragrostis Beauv.; Jacks., Ind. Kew. 3: 186. 1894, as synonym of 



Eragrostis major Host. 

 Eragrostis megastachya var. cilianensis Aschers. and Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. 



Fl. 2: 371. 1900. Based on Poa cilianensis AU. 

 Eragrostis minor var. megastachya Davy, in Jepson, Fl. West Mid. Calif. 60. 



1901. Based on E. megastachya Link. 

 Eragrostis eragrostis var. megastachya Farwell, Mich. Acad. Sci. Kept. 17: 182. 



1916. Based on Poa megastachya Koel. 

 lEragrostis eragrostis subvar. leersioides Farwell, Amer. Midi. Nat. 10: 306. 



1927. Based on E. multiflora var. leersioides Richt., this based on Mega- 

 stachya leersioides Presl described from Sicily, the description not applying 



to American forms. 

 (7) Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R. Br., in Tuckey, Narr. Exp. Congo App. 478. 1818. 



Based on Poa ciliaris L. 



Poa ciliaris L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 875. 1759. Jamaica. 

 Megastachya ciliaris Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 74, 167, 174, 1812. Based on Poa 



ciliaris L. 



Eragrostis villosa Trin., Fund. Agrost. 137. 1820. Based on Poa ciliaris L. 

 Cynodon ciliaris Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 5: 302. 1825. Based on Mega- 

 stachya ciliaris Beauv. 



Macroblepharus contractus Phil., Linnaea 19: 101. 1858. Chile, Gay 129. 

 Eragrostis ciliaris var. laxa Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 2: 774. 1891. West Indies. 

 Erosion ciliare Lunell, Amer. Midi. Nat. 4: 221. 1915. Based on Eragrostis 



ciliaris Link. 

 (3) Eragrostis curtipedicellata Buckl., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 97. 



1863. Northern Texas, Buckley. 

 Eragrostis brevipedicellata A. Gray, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 336. 



1863, as synonym of E. curtipedicellata Buckl. 

 Eragrostis viscosa Scribn., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 11: 51. pi. 7. 1898. 



Not E. viscosa Trin., 1830. Midland, Tex., J. G. Smith. 

 Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 397. 1841. Based on Poa 



curvula Schrad. 



Poa curvula Schrad., Gott. Anz. Ges. Wiss. 3: 2073. 1821. Cape Good Hope. 

 Eragrostis cyperoides (Thunb.) Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 71, 162, 174. 1812. Based 



on Poa cyperoides Thunb. 



Poa cyperoides Thunb., Prodr. PL Cap. 22. 1794. South Africa. 

 (18) Eragrostis diffusa Buckl., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 97. 1863. 



Northern Texas, Buckley. 

 Eragrostis purshii var. delicatula Munro; Scribn., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 



30. 1883. Name only. Arizona, Pringle. 

 Eragrostis purshii var. diffusa Vasey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 59. 1890. 



Based on E. diffusa Buckl. 

 (42) Eragrostis elliottii S. Wats., Amer. Acad. Sci. Proc. 25: 140. 1890. Based 



on Poa nitida Ell. 

 Poa nitida Ell., Bot. S.C. and Ga. 1: 162. 1816. Not P. nitida Lam., 1791. 



South Carolina. 

 Eragrostis nitida Chapm., FL South. U.S. 564. 1860. Not E. nitida Link, 1827. 



Based on Poa nitida Ell. 

 Eragrostis macropoda Pilger, in Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 106. 1903. Puerto 



Rico, Sintenis 1233. 

 (33) Eragrostis erosa Scribn.; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 483. 1896. Chihuahua, 



Mexico, Pringle 415. 

 (15) Eragrostis frankii C. Meyer; Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 273. 1854. Ohio, 



Frank. 

 Poa parviflora Nutt., Gen. PL 1: 67. 1818. Not P. parviflora R. Br. [United 



States]. 

 Poa micrantha Schult., Mant. 2: 305. 1824. Not Eragrostis micrantha Hack., 



1895. Based on P. parviflora Nutt. 

 Eragrostis erythrogona Nees; Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 273. 1854. St. Louis, 



Drummond. 

 Eragrostis capillaris var. frankii Farwell, Mich. Acad. Sci. Rept. 17: 182. 1916. 



Based on E. frankii " Steud." 

 ERAGROSTIS FRANKII var. BREVIPES Fassett, Rhodora 34: 95. 1932. Glenhaven 



Wis., Fassett 12899. 



