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Spartina junciformis Engelm. and Gray, Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist 5: 238. 



1845. Texas, Lindheimer [207]. 



Spartina gouini Fourn., Mex. PI. 2 : 135. 1886. Vera Cruz, Gouin 72. 

 Spartina multiflora Vasey ; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 400. 1896, as synonym 



of 8. junciformis Engelm. and Gray. 

 Spartina pittieri Hack., Oesterr. Bot. Ztschr. 52: 237. 1902. Costa Rica 



Pittier 4209. 

 Spartina densiflora var. junciformis St. Yves, Candollea 5: 26, 77. pi. 7. f. 



a-16. 1932. Based on S. junciformis Engelm. and Gray. 



(53) SPHENOPHOLIS Scribn. 



(5) Sphenopholis filiformis (Chapm.) Scribn., Rhodora 8: 144, 1906. Based 



on Eatonia pennsylvanica var. filiformis Chapm. 

 Eatonia pennsylvanica var. filiformis Chapm., Fl. South. U.S. 560. 1860. 



Florida [type, Chapman}, to South Carolina. 



Eatonia filiformis Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 11: 117. 1886. Based on Eatonia penn- 

 sylvanica var. filiformis Chapm. 

 Eatonia hybrida Vasey; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 491. 1896. Florida, 



Curtiss in 1886. (The Hunting Creek, Va., specimen referred to is Trisetum 



pennsylvanicum (L.) Beauv., which see.) 

 Reboulea filiformis Farwell, Mich. Acad. Sci. Rept. 17: 182. 1916. Based on 



Eatonia pennsylvanica var. filiformis Chapm. 

 (2) Sphenopholis intermedia (Rydb.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 533. 



1909. Based on Eatonia intermedia Rydb. 

 Koeleria truncata var. major Torr., Fl. North, and Mid. U.S. 1: 117. 1823. 



Deerfield, Mass., Cooley. 

 Koeleria? pennsylvanica var. major Torr., Fl. N.Y. 2: 469. 1843. Based on 



Koeleria truncata var. major Torr. 

 Reboulea pennsylvanica var. major A. Gray, Man. 591. 1848. Presumably 



based on Koeleria truncata var. major Torr. 

 lAiru, controversy Steud., Syn. PI. Glum. 1 : 224. 1854. Cincinnati and Miami, 



Ohio. 

 lAira capillacea Frank; Steud., Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 224. 1854, as synonym of 



A. controversa Steud. 



Eatonia pennsylvanica var. major A. Gray, Man. ed. 2. 558. 1856. Presuma- 

 bly based on Koeleria truncata var. major Torr. 

 Vilfa alba BuckL, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 89. 1863. Not V. alba 



Beauv., 1812. "Oregon, Spalding" (locality probably erroneous, the ticket 



on the type specimen crossed out). 

 Eatonia intermedia Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 602. 1905. East 



Gallatin Swamps, Mont, Rydbcrg 3174. 

 Sphenopholis pallens major Scribn., Rhodora 8 : 145. 1906. Based on Koeleria 



truncata var. major Torr. 

 Sphenopholis pallens var. major Scribn. ; Robinson, Rhodora 10 : 65. 1908. 



Based on Koeleria truncata var. major Torr. 

 Reboulea pallens var. major Farwell, Mich. Acad. Sci. Rept. 17: 182. 1916. 



Based on Koeleria truncata var. major Torr. 



This is the species which has recently been called Sphenopholis pallens Scribn., 

 but it is not the same as Aira pallens Spreng., on which that name is based. 



(3) Sphenopholis longiflora (Vasey) Hitchc., Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 23: 453. 

 1933. Based on Eatonia pennsylvanica var. longiflora Vasey. 



Eatonia pennsylvanica var. longiflora Vasey ; L. H. Dewey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. 

 Herb. 2 : 544. 1894. Houston, Tex., Nealley in 1892. 



Eatonia longiflora Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 494. 1896. Based on E. penn- 

 sylvanica var. longiflora Vasey. 



Sphenopholis pallens longiflora Scribn., Rhodora 8: 145. 1906. Based on 

 Eatonia pennsylvanica var. longiflora Vasey. 



Reboulea pallens var. longiflora Farwell, Mich. Acad. Sci. Rept 17 : 182. 1916. 

 Based on Eatonia longiflora Beal. 



(4) Sphenopholis nitida (Spreng.) Scribn., Rhodora 8: 144. 1906. Based on 

 Aira nitida Spreng. 



Aira nitida Spreng., Mant Fl. Hal. 32. 1807. Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg. 



Aira pennsylvanica Spreng., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 2: 299, pi. 7. 1807-08. 

 Pennsylvania. 



Koeleria pennsylvanica DC., Cat. Hort Monsp. 117. 1813. Based on Aira 

 pennsylvanica Spreng. 



Aira mollis Muhl., Descr. Gram. 82. 1817. Not A. mollis Schreb., 1771. Penn- 

 sylvania. 



