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This is the species to which Scribner (U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Circ. 30: 8. 

 1901) applied the name Melica cepacea Scribn., based on Festuca cepacea Phil., a 

 Chilean species of Melica. 

 (14) Melica torreyana Scribn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 43. pi. 1. f. 



3, 4. 1885. California, Bigelow in 1853-4. 



Melica imperfecta var. sesquiflora Torr.; Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 

 1885: 43. 1885, as synonym of M. torreyana^ a herbarium name given to 

 a specimen collected by Bigelow in California in 1853-4. 



(118) MELINIS Beauv. 



(1) Melinis minutiflora Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 54. pi. 11. f. 4. 1812. Rio de 



Janeiro, Brazil. 



Tristegis glutinosa Nees, Hor. Phys. Berol. 47, 54. pi. 7. 1820. Brazil. 

 Panicum minutiflorum Raspa,il, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 5: 299. 1825. Based on 



Melinis minutiflora Beauv. 

 Panicum melinis Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 1: 291. 1834. 



Based on Melinis minutiflora Beauv. 

 Muhlenbergia brasiliensis Steud., Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 177. 1854. Bahia, Brazil, 



Salzmann [652J. 

 Agrostis polypogon Salzm.; Steud., Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 177. 1854, as synonym 



of Muhlenbergia brasiliensis. 



Mibora minima (L.) Desv., Obs. Angers 45. 1818. Based on Agrostis minima L. 

 Agfostis minima L., Sp. PL 63. 1753. France. 



(81) MILIUM L. 



(1) Milium effusum L., Sp. PL 61. 1753. Europe. 



Miliarium effusum Moench, Meth. PL 204. 1794. Based on Milium effusum L. 

 Melica effusa Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. 20. 1796. Based on Milium effusum L. 

 Decandolia effusa Bast., Fl. Maine-et-Loire 28. 1808. Based on Milium 



effusum L. 

 Paspalum effusum Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. 5: 301. 1825. Based on 



Milium effusum L. 



(141) MISCANTHUS Anderss. 



Miscanthus nepalensis (Trin.) Hack., in DC., Monogr. Phan. 6: 104. 1889. 

 Based on Eulalia nepalensis Trin. 



Eulalia nepalensis Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Pe"tersb. VI. Math. Phys. Nat. 2: 



333. 1832. Nepal, India. 



(1) Miscanthus sinensis Anderss., (3fv. Svensk, Vet. Akad. Forh. 12: 166. 1856. 

 China. 



Saccharum japonicum Thunb., Linn. Soc. Trans. 2: 328. 1794. Not Mis- 

 canthus japonicus Anderss., 1855. Japan. 



Eulalia japonica Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Math. Phys. Nat. 2: 

 333. 1832. Based on Saccharum japonicum Thunb. 



Miscanthus sinensis var. variegatus Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 25. 1896. 

 Cultivated. 



Miscanthus sinensis var. zebrinus Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 25. 1896. Culti- 

 vated. 



Xiphagrostis japonica Coville, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 400. 1905. Based 

 on Saccharum japonicum Thunb. 



Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus Hitchc., in Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 

 1021. f. 1408. 1901. Cultivated under the garden name Eulalia japonica 

 var. gracillima. 



Eulalia japonica var. gracillima Grier, Amer. Midi. Nat. 11: 331. 1929. 

 Based on Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus Hitchc. 



(14) MOLINIA Schrank 



(1) Molinia caerulea(L.) Moench, Meth. PL 183. 1794. Based on Air a caerulea L. 

 Aira caerulea L., Sp. PL 63. 1753. Europe. 



Festuca caerulea Lam. and DC., FL Frang. ed. 3. 3: 46. 1805. Based on 

 Aira caerulea L. 



