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



Sporobolus richardsonii Merr., Rhodora 4: 46. 1902. Based on Vilfa richara- 



sonis Trin. 

 Muhlenbergia richardsonis Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 600. 1905. 



Based on Vilfa richardsonis Trin. 

 Muhlenbergia brevifolia var. richardsonis Jones, Contrib. West. Bot. 14: 12. 



1912. Based on Vilfa richardsonis Trin. 



This is the species which Nash (Britton, Man. 105. 1901) called Sporobolus 

 brevifolius, but that name is based on Agrostis brevifolius Nutt., which is Muhlen- 

 bergia cuspidata (which see). 

 (28) Muhlenbergia sylvatica Torr.; Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 



4 1 : 292. 1841. Based on Agrostis sylvatica Torr. 

 Agrostis diffusa Muhl., Descr. Gram. 64. 1817. Not A. diffusa Host, 1809. 



Pennsylvania. 

 Agrostis sylvatica Torr., Fl. North, and Mid. U.S. 1: 87. 1823. Not A. 



sylvatica L., 1762. Mountains of New Jersey. 

 Muhlenbergia sylvatica var. gracilis Scribn., Kans. Acad. Sci. Trans. 9: 116. 



1885. Topeka, Kans., Popenoe. 

 Muhlenbergia umbrosa Scribn., Rhodora 9: 20. 1907. Based on Agrostis 



sylvatica Torr. 

 Muhlenbergia umbrosa attenuata Scribn., Rhodora 9: 21. 1907. Aurora 



County, S.Dak., Wilcox 25. 

 Muhlenbergia diffusa Farwell, Mich. Acad. Sci. Rept. 20: 168. 1919. Not 



M. diffusa Willd., 1797. Based on Agrostis diffusa Muhl. 

 Muhlenbergia umbrosa forma attenuata Deam, Ind. Dept. Conserv. Pub. 82: 



171. 1929. Based on M. umbrosa attenuata ScribiK 

 (23) Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) B.S.P., Prel. Cat. N.Y. 67. 1888. 



Based on Agrostis tenuiflora WiUd. 



Agrostis tenuiflora Willd., Sp. PI. 1: 364. 1797. North America. 

 Apera tenuiflora Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 151. 1812. Based on Agrostis tenuiflora 



Willd. 

 Trichochloa longiseta Trin., Fund. Agrost. 117. 1820. Based on Agrostis 



tenuiflora Willd. Erroneously given as T. longiflora Trin., in Kunth, Enum. 



PL 1: 601. 1833. 

 Cinna tenuiflora Link, Enum. PI. 1: 71. 1821. Based on Agrostis tenuiflora 



Willd. 

 Muhlenbergia willdenowii Trin., Gram. Unifl. 188. pi. 5. f. 3. 1824. Based 



on Agrostis tenuiflora Willd. 

 Trichochloa tenuiflora Sweet, Hort. Brit. 443. 1826. Based on Agrostis 



tenuiflora Willd. 

 Podosaemum tenuiflorum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 82. 1827. Based on Agrostis 



tenuiflora WiUd. 

 Muhlenbergia tenuiflora variabilis Scribn., Rhodora 9: 18. 1907. Chimney 



Mountain, N.C., Biltmore Herbarium 654a. 

 (1) Muhlenbergia texana Buckl., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 91. 1863. 



Northern Texas. 

 Agrostis barbata Buckl.; A. Gray, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 334. 1863. 



Not A. barbata Pers., 1805. As synonym of Muhlenbergia texana Buckl. 

 Muhlenbergia buckleyana Scribn., Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 56. 1890. 



Based on M. texand Buckl. 

 Podosaemum texanum Bush, Amer. Midi. Nat. 7: 41. 1921. Based on 



Muhlenbergia texana Buckl. 

 (8) Muhlenbergia thurberi Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 601. 1905. 



Based on Sporobolus flliculmis Vasey; Beal. Vilfa flliculmis Thurb., also 



cited, is a name only, and no reference is made to Sporobolus thurberi Scribn. 

 Sporobolus flliculmis Vasey, Descr. Cat. Grasses U.S. 44. 1885, name only; 



Vasey; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 288. 1896. Not S. flliculmis L. H. Dewey, 



1894. New Mexico, Whipple Exped. [Plaza Larga, Bigelow 778]. 

 Vilfa flliculmis Thurb.; Vasey, Descr. Cat. Grasses U.S. 44. 1885, as synonym 



of Sporobolus flliculmis Vasey. 

 Sporobolus thurberi Scribn., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 11: 48. f. 5. 1898. 



" Vilfa flliculmis Thurb." Plaza Larga, N.Mex., Bigelow. 

 Vilfa filiculmis Thurb.; Scribn., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 11: 48. 



1898, as synonym of Sporobolus thurberi Scribn. 

 Muhlenbergia flliculmis Jones, Contrib. West. Bot. 14: 12. 1912. Not M. 



flliculmis Vasey, 1893. Based on Vilfa flliculmis Thurb., name only. 



Muhlenbergia curtifolia griffithsii Scribn., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 328. 1911. 

 Chelly Canyon, Ariz., Griffiths 5837. 



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