882 MISC. PUBLICATION 200, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Rotiboellia rugosa var. chapmani Hack., in DC., Monogr. Phan. 6: 308. 1889. 



Florida, Chapman. 

 Manisuris corrugata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 779. 1891. Based on Rott- 



boellia corrugata Baldw. 

 Manisuris rugosa var. chapmani Scribn., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 28. 1894. 



Based on Rotiboellia rugosa var. chapmani Hack. 

 Manisuris chapmani Nash, in Small, FL Southeast. U.S. 56. 1903. Based on 



Rotiboellia rugosa var. chapmani Hack. 

 Coelorachis rugosa Nash, N.Amer. Fl. 17: 86. 1909. Based on Rotiboellia 



rugosa Nutt. 

 Coelorachis corrugata A. Camus, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 68: 197. 1921. Based 



on Rotiboellia corrugata Baldw. 

 (3) Manisuris tessellata (Steud.) Scribn., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 20: 



20. f. 9. 1900. Based on Rotiboellia tessellata Steud. 

 Rotiboellia tessellata Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 362. 1854. Louisiana, Riehl 



60. 

 Rotiboellia corrugata var. areolata Hack., in DC., Monogr. Phan. 6: 309. 1889. 



Mobile, Ala., Mohr in 1884. 

 Manisuris corrugata var. areolata Mohr, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 21. 1897. 



Based on Rottboellia corrugata var. areolata Hack. 

 Manisuris tessellata var. areolata Scribn., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 



17 (ed. 2): 9. 1901. Presumably based on Rottboellia corrugata var. areolata 



Hack. 

 Coelorachis tessellata Nash, N.Amer. Fl. 17: 86. 1909. Based on Rottboellia 



tessellata Steud. 

 (5) Manisuris tuberculosa Nash, Bull. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 430. 1900. Eustis, 



Fla., Nash 1074. 

 Coelorachis tuberculosa Nash, N.Amer. Fl. 17: 86. 1909. Based on Manisuris 



tuberculosa Nash. 

 Rottboellia tuberculosa Hitchc., Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 41: 163. 1928. Based on 



Manisuris tuberculosa Nash. 



(28) MELICA L. 



Melica altissima L., Sp. PL 66. 1753. Siberia. 



(2) Melica aristata Thurb.; Boland., Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 103. 1870. 



" Number 4861 [Bolander] Catalogue, 1867", Clarks (now Wawona) [type]; 



Yosemite Valley; Shady Canyon to Summit; Bear Valley to Eureka, Calif. 

 Bromelica aristata Farwell, Rhodora 21: 77. 1919. Based on Melica aristata 



Thurb. 

 (7) Melica bulbosa Geyer; Port, and Coult., Syn. FL Colo. 149. 1874. Porter 



and Coulter cite Gray, Amer. Acad. Sci. Proc. 8: 409. 1872. Gray gives no 



description but cites M. bulbosa Geyer, Jour. Bot. Kew Misc. (PL Geyer.) 



8: 19. 1856. In the latter work "Geyer no. 11, Upper Platte", is listed 



without description. The description by Porter and Coulter applies to this 



specimen as represented in the Gray Herbarium. 

 Melica bella Piper, U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Circ. 27: 10. 1900. Upper 



Platte, Geyer [11]. A new name for (( M. bulbosa Geyer, in U.S.Dept.Agr., 



Div. Bot. Bull. 13: 63. pi. 63. 1893, not M. bulbosa Geyer, in Thurb., in 



S. Wats., Bot. Calif. 2: 304. 1880", the description by Porter and Coulter 



having been overlooked. The Thurber publication refers to M. californica 



(no. 17 of this work). 

 Melica bella intonsa Piper, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 128. 1906. Wenas, 



Wash., Griffiths and Cotton 103. 

 (17) Melica californica Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 46. pi. 1. f. 6. 



1885. Based on M. poaeoides as described by Torrey in Pacific Railroad 



Report (see below), the specimen cited by Torrey, in N.Y. Bot. Gard., being 



named " M. californica Scribn." in Scribner's script. 

 Melica poaeoides Nutt. [misapplied by] Torr., U.S. Rept. Expl. Miss. Pacif. 



4: 157. 1857. Not M. poaeoides Nutt., 1848. Corte Madera, Calif., 



[Bigelow]. 

 Melica bulbosa Geyer; Thurb., in S.Wats., Bot. Calif. 2: 304. 1880. Not 



M. bulbosa Geyer; Port, and Coult., 1874. Santa Inez, Calif., Brewer 569. 

 Melica longiligula Scribn. and Kearn., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 



17: 225. f. 521. 1899. Southern California, Parish Brothers 865. 

 Melica ciliata L., Sp. PL 66. 1753. Europe. 

 (16) Melica frutescens Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 45. pi. 1. f. 15, 



16. 1885. Southern California, Parry and Lemmon 401 [type, labeled by 



Scribner]. 



