878 MISC. PUBLICATION 200, U. S. DEFT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Diplachne patens Fourn.; Hemsl., Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 3: 570. 1885, name 

 only; Mex. PL 2: 148. 1886. Not D. patens Desv., 1853. Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico, Gouin 93. 



Diplachne tracyi Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 40. 1888. Reno, Nev., 

 Tracy [216]. 



Leptochloa tracyi Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 436. 1896. Based on Diplachne 

 tracyi Vasey. 



Festuca prostrata Muhl.; Scribn. and Merr., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. 

 Circ. 27: 5. 1900, as synonym of F. procumbens Muhl. 



Diplachne procumbens Nash, in Britton, Man. 128. 1901. Not D. procum- 

 bens Arech., 1896. Based on Festuca procumbens Muhl. 



Diplachne acuminata Nash, in Britton, Man. 128. 1901. Arkansas to Ne- 

 braska and Colorado. [Type, Kansas, Thompson.] 



Diplachne maritima Bicknell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 195. 1908. Based 



on D. procumbens Nash. 



(5) Leptochloa filiformis (Lam.) Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 71, 161, 166. 1812. 

 Based on Festuca filiformis Lam. 



Festuca filiformis Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 191. 1791. South America. 



Eleusine mucronata Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 65. 1803. Illinois, Michaux. 



Eleusine filiformis Pers., Syn. PI. 1: 87. 1805. South America. 



? Eleusine sparsa Muhl., Descr. Gram. 135. 1817. Carolina and Georgia. 



Oxydenia attenuata Nutt., Gen. PI. 1: 76. 1818. New Orleans, La. [Nuttall]. 



Leptostachys filiformis G. Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 74. 1818. Based on 

 Eleusine filiformis Pers. 



Leptochloa mucronata Kunth, ReV. Gram. 1: 91. 1829. Based on Eleusine 

 mucronata Michx. 



Air a panicea Willd.; Steud., Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 45. 1840, as synonym of 

 Leptochloa filiformis Beauv. 



Eleusine stricta Willd.; Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 549. 1840. Not E. 

 stricta Roxb., 1820. As synonym of Leptochloa filiformis Beauv. 



Eleusine elongata Willd.; Steud., Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 549. 1840, as synonym 

 of Leptochloa filiformis Beauv. 



Leptochloa brachiata Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 209. 1854. Guadeloupe, 

 Duchaissing. 



Leptochloa attenuata Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 209. 1854. Based on Oxydenia 

 attenuata Nutt. 



Leptochloa pellucidula Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 209. 1854. Panama, Du- 

 chaissing. 



Leptochloa paniculata Fourn., Bull. Soc. Bot. France II. 27: 296. 1880. 

 Nicaragua, Levy 1079. 



Leptochloa mucronata pulchella Scribn., Bull. Torrey Club 9: 147. 1882. 

 Santa Cruz Valley, Ariz., Pringle in 1881. 



Oxydenia filiformis Nutt.; Jacks., Ind. Kew. 3: 392. 1894, as synonym of 

 Leptochloa filiformis. 



Leptochloa pilosa Scribn., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Circ. 32: 9. 1901. 

 Travis County, Tex., Bodin 294 in 1891. 



(9) Leptochloa nealleyi Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 7. 1885. Texas, 



Nealley. 

 Leptochloa stricta Fourn., Mex. PL 2: 147. 1886. Vera Cruz, Mexico, Gouin 



73. 

 (11) Leptochloa panicoides (Presl) Hitchc., Amer. Jour. Bot. 21: 137. 1934. 



Based on Megastachya panicoides Presl. (Not invalidated by L. panicoides 



Wight, 1854, listed as a synonym only.) 

 Megastachya panicoides Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 283. 1830. Acapulco, Mexico, 



Haenke. 

 Poa panicoides Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: Sup. XXVIII. 1830. Based on 



Megastachya panicoides Presl. 

 Leptochloa fioribunda Doell, in Mart., FL Bras. 2 3 : 89. 1878. Amazon 



River, Brazil. 



Diplachne halei Nash, Bull. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 292. 1899. Louisiana, Hale. 

 Leptochloa halei Scribn. and Merr. U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 24: 27. 



1901. Based on Diplachne halei Nash. 



(10) Leptochloa scabra Nees, Agrost. Bras. 435. 1829. Amazon River, Brazil. 

 Leptochloa langloisii Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 7. 1885. Louisiana, 



Langlois. 



Leptochloa liebmanni Fourn., Mex, PL 2: 147. 1886. Antigua, Mexico, 

 Liebmann 244, 248. 



