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



Sporobolus sabeanus Buckl.; Vasey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 61. 1892, 



as synonym of S. argutus Kunth. 

 (8) Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 68. 1829. Based on 



Agrostis aspera Michx. 



Agrostis aspera Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 52. 1803. Illinois, Miehaux. 

 Agrostis composita Poir., in Lam., Encycl. Sup. 1 : 254. 1810. Carolina, Bosc. 

 Vilfa aspera Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 16, 147, 181. 1812. Based on Agrostis aspera 



Michx. 

 Vilfa composita Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 16, 147, 181. 1812. Based on Agrostis 



composita Poir. 

 Agrostis involuta Muhl., Descr. Gram. 72. 1817. Susquehanna, Pa., and New 



Jersey. 

 Agrostis longifolia Torr., Fl. North, and Mid. U.S. 1 : 90. . 1823. Kingsbridge, 



N.Y. ; Hoboken, N.J. ; Deerfield, Mass. ; Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg. 

 Muhlenbergia aspera Trin. ; Kunth, Enum. PL 1: 210. 1833. Based on 



Agrostis aspera Michx. 

 Muhlenbergia composita Trin. ; Kunth, Enum. PI. 1 : 229. 1833. Based on 



Agrostis composita Poir. 

 Vilfa longifolia Torr.; Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 1 : 107. 



1840. Based on Agrostis longifolia Torr. 

 Sporobolus longifolius Wood, Class-book 775. ed. 3. 1861. Based on Agrostis 



longifolia Torr. 

 Sporobolus compositus Men*., U.S.DeptAgr., Div. Agrost. Circ. 35: 6. 1901. 



Based on Agrostis composita Poir. 

 SPOBOBOLUS ASPER var. HOO(KERI (Trin.) Vasey, Descr. Cat. Grasses U.S. 43. 



1885. Based on Vilfa hookeri Trin. 

 Vilfa drummondii Trin., Mem. Acad. St Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 * : 106. 1840. 



Texas, received from Hooker and Endlicher [the type Drummond II. 306b]. 

 Vilfa hookeri Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 1 106. 1840. 



Texas, received from Hooker [type Drummond II. 306]. 

 Glyceria stricta Buckl., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 95. 1863. Middle 



Texas, Buckley. Inflorescence abnormal, the spikelets diseased, with 2 or 3 



several-nerved lemmas. 

 Sporobolus drummondii Vasey, Descr. Cat. Grasses U.S. 44 1885. Based on 



Vilfa drummondii Trin. 

 Sporobolus asper var. drummondii Vasey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 60. 



1892. Based on Vilfa drummondii Trin. 

 Sporobolus attenuatus Nash, in Small, Fl. Southeast U.S. 123. 1903. Stark- 



ville, Miss., Kearney 83. 

 SPOBOBOLUS ASPEB var. PILOSUS (Vasey) Hitchc., Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 41: 161. 



1928. Based on S. pilosus Vasey. (Published as S. asper pilosus.) 

 Sporobolus pilosus Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 16 : 26. 1891. Kansas, Smyth. 

 (25) Sporobolus buckleyi Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 128. 1883. Texas, 



Buckley. 

 (10) Sporobolus clandestinus (Spreng.) Hitchc., Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 



150. 1908. Based on Agrostis clandestine Spreng. 

 Agrostis clandestine Spreng., Mant. Fl. Hal. 32. 1807. Pennsylvania, Muh- 



lenberg. 

 Muhlenbergia clandestine Trin., Gram. Unifl. 190. 1824. Based on Agrostis 



clandestine Spreng. 

 Vilfa clandostina Nees; Steud., Norn. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 767. 1841. Based on 



Agrostis clandestine Spreng. 



Wilfa riehlii Steud., Syn. PI. Glum. 1 : 154. 1854. North America. 

 Sporobolus canovirens Nash ; Britton, Man. 1042. 1901. Tennessee to Kansas 



[type, St. George, Kellerman in 1890], Mississippi and Texas. 

 (23) Sporobolus contractus Hitchc., Amer. Jour. Bot. 2: 303. 1915. Based 



on Sporobolus strictus Merr. 

 Sporobolus cryptandrus var. strictus Scribn., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 103. 



1882. Camp Lowell, Ariz., Pringle. 

 Sporobolus strictus Merr., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Circ. 32: 6. 1901. 



Not S. strictus Franch., 1893, Based on Sporobolus cryptandrus var. strictus 



Scribn. 

 (20) Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray, Man. 576. 1848. Based on 



Vilfa cryptandra Torr. 

 Agrostis cryptandra Torr., Ann. Lye. N.Y. 1: 151. 1824. Canadian River 



[Texas or Oklahoma], James. 

 Vilfa tenacissima var. fuscicola Hook., Fl. Bor. Amer. 2 : 239. 1839. Menzies 



Island, Columbia River, Wash. 



