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Agrostis compressa Poir., in Lam., Encycl. Sup. 1: 258. 1810. Not A. com- 

 pressa Willd., 1790, nor Poir. (op. cit.) 1: 259. 1810. Carolina, Bosc. 

 Milium compressum Poir., in Lam., Encycl. Sup. 1: 258. 1810. Not M. 



compressum Swartz, 1788. As synonym of Agrostis compressa Poir. 

 Axonopus poiretii Roem. and Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 318. 1817. Based on 



Agrostis compressa Poir., "n. 78," not A. compressa Willd., 1790, nor Poir. 



(op. cit.) no. 82, on the following page. 

 Agrostis tenuissima Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 258. 1825. West Indies and 



South America. 

 Vilfa exilis Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 1 : 89. 1840. 



Jalapa, Mexico, [Schiede]. 

 Vilfa berteroana Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 1 : 100. 1840. 



Dominican Republic, Bernhardi. 



Sporobolus angustus Buckl., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 88. 1863. "Bu- 

 chanan county" [probably error for Buchanan] Tex., [Buckley]. 

 Vilfa tenacissima var. exilis Fourn., Mex: PL 2: 99. 1886. Based on Vilfa 



exilis Trin. 

 Sporobolus berteroarius Hitchc. and Chase, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 370. 



1917. Based on Vilfa berteroana Trin. 



This species has been included in Sporobolus indicus in some manuals. 

 (17) Sporobolus purpurascens (Swartz) Hamilt., Prodr. PL Ind. Occ. 5. 1825. 



Based on Agrostis purpurascens Swartz. 

 Agrostis purpurascens Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 25. 1788. Jamaica, 



Swartz. 

 Vilfa purpurascens Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 16, 182. 1812. Based on Agrostis 



purpurascens Swartz. 



Vilfa grisebachiana Fourn., Mex. PL 2: 98. 1886. Cuba, Wright 3427a. 

 Vilfa liebmanni Fourn., Mex. PL 2: 100. 1886. Mexico, Liebmann 693. 

 (1) Sporobolus ramulosus (H.B.K.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 68. 1829. Based 



on Vilfa ramulosa H.B.K. 

 Vilfa ramulosa H.B.K., Nov. Gen. and Sp. 1: 137. 1815. Jorullo, Mexico, 



Humboldt and Bonpland. 

 Agrostis ramulosa Roem. and Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 361. 1817. Based on 



Vilfa ramulosa H.B.K. 

 Vilfa minima Vasey, U.S.Dept.Agr. Monthly Rept. 1874: 155. 1874. Not 



V. minima Trin., 1854. Twin Lakes, Colo., Wolf 1077. 

 Sporobolus wolfii Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 52. 1883. Twin Lakes, 



Colo., Wolf [1077]. 

 Sporobolus racemosus Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 9. 1887. Chihuahua, 



Mexico, Palmer [4B in 1885]. 

 Muhlenbergia wolfii Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 600. 1905. Based on 



Sporobolus wolfii Vasey. 

 (14) Sporobolus teretifolius Harper, Bull. Torrey, Bot. Club 33: 229. 1906. 



Near Moultrie, Ga., Harper 1642. 



(28) Sporobolus texanus Vasey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 57. 1890. Screw 

 Bean, Presidio County, Tex., Nealley [755]. 



(29) Sporobolus tharpii Hitchc., Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 41: 161. 1928. Padre 

 Island, Tex., Tharp 4772. 



(6) Sporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr.) Wood, Class-book 775. ed. 3. 1861. 



Based on Vilfa vaginiflora Torr. 

 Vilfa vaginiflora Torr.: Gray, Gram, and Cyp. 1: no. 3. 1834; Trin., Mem. 



Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4': 56. 1840. New Jersey. 

 Cryptostachys vaginata Steud., Flora 33: 229. 1850, name only; Syn. PL 



Glum. 1: 181. 1854. North America. 

 Sporobolus minor Vasey; A. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 646. 1890. Not S. minor 



Kunth, 1830. Virginia to North Carolina [type, Boynton], Tennessee and 



Texas. 

 Sporobolus filiculmis L. H. Dewey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 519. 1894. 



Not S. filiculmis Vasey, 1885. Based on S. minor Vasey. 

 Sporobolus ovatus Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 300. 1896. Based on S. minor 



Sporobolus vaginatus Scribn., Bot. Gaz. 21: 15. 1896. Based on Crypto- 

 stachys vaginata Steud. 



? Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. minor Scribn.; Chapm., Fl. South. U.S. ed. 3. 

 598. 1897. North Carolina and Tennessee. 



Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. inaequalis Fernald, Rhodora 35: 109. 1933. 

 Concord, N.H., Batchelder in 1901. 



