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Paspalum supinum Rich.; Hornem., Hort. Hafn. 1: 77. 1813. Not P. 

 supinum Bosc, 1804. Baltimore, introduced in the Royal Botanic Garden in 

 Copenhagen in 1807. Probably P. pubescens Muhl. 



Paspalum virgatum var. latifolium Wood, Amer. Bot. and Flor. pt. 2: 309. 

 1870. Eastern States. Wood's P. virgatum appears to be Paspalum boscia- 

 num Fliigge; the variety may be a luxuriant form of this species. 



Pennisetum glaucum var. purpurascens Eaton and Wright, N.Amer. Bot. ed. 

 8. 346. 1840. Virginia and northward. 



Poa alata Desv., Opusc. 102. 1831. "Carolina?" 



Poa nemoralis [L., misapplied by] Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 79. 1814. North 

 America. 



Poa tenuifolia Raf., Med. Repos. N.Y. 5: 353. 1808. [United States.] Name 

 only. 



Saccharifera spontanea Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 132. 1812. South Carolina. 

 Probably a species of Erianthus. 



Sesleria americana Nees; Steud., Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 296. 1854. Staten Island, 

 N.Y. 



Setaria caudata var. pauciflora Jones, Contrib. West. Bot. 16: 13. 1930. No 

 description, "(Vassey) as Chaetochloa" cited. There is nothing of Vasey's that 

 can be associated with this (Chaetochloa was published 5 years after Vasey's 

 death). Arizona, Jones 24697, 24698 cited. Mr. Jones states in a letter of Sep- 

 tember 28, 1932, that he could not recollect the basis for the name, and that he 

 could not find the specimens cited. 



Stipa spicata Walt., Fl. Carol. 78. 1788. Not S. spicata L. f., 1781. South 

 Carolina. Apparently a species of Andropogon. 



Triodia repens Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 49. 1888. Name only for a 

 specimen collected by "Nealley, Western Texas." 



Triticum aegilopoides Thurb.; A. Gray, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1863: 79. 

 1863. Name only. Rocky Mts., Hall and Harbour 656. 



Vilfa varians Buckl., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 89. 1863. Rocky 

 Mountains, Nuttall. Apparently a species of Sporobolus. 



PERSONS FOR WHOM GRASSES HAVE BEEN NAMED 



This list includes names of persons for whom valid genera, species, or varieties 

 of grasses in the Manual have been named. 



Addison. See Brown. 



Anderson, C. L. ( -1910). Botanist of Santa Cruz, Calif. Stipa lepida var. 

 andersoni. 



Arsene, Bro. Gerfroy (1867- ). Professor in the Sacred Heart Training 

 College, Las Vegas, N.Mex.; collected extensively in Mexico. Muhlenbergia 

 arsenei. 



Ashe, W. W. (1872-1932). Botanist and forester, United States Forest Service. 

 Panicum ashei. 



Baker, C. F. (1872-1927). Botanist and entomologist, collected in the United 

 States, Cuba, and Philippine Islands. Agropyron bakeri; Agrostis bakeri. 



Baker, C. H. (1848- ). Botanist of Florida. Spartina bakeri. 



Barrelieri, Jacques (1606-73). French botanist. Eragrostis barrelieri. 



Beckmann, Johann (1739-1811). German botanist. Beckmannia. 



Belanger, Charles. French botanist, who collected extensively in the Old 

 World. Steudel used belangeri as specific name for Anthephora belangeri (Hilaria 

 belangeri) , apparently through inadvertence, to commemorate Berlandier, collector 

 of the type specimen. 



Berg, F. G. C. (1843-1902). Director, Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires. 

 Panicum bergii. 



Bertero, C. G. (1789-1831). Italian botanist. Tragus berteronianus. 



Beyrich, H. K. (1796-1834). Prussian botanist, who collected from Georgia to 

 Texas. Eragrostis beyrichii. 



Bicknell, E. P. (1859-1925). Botanist of New York City. Panicum bicknelln. 



Bigelow, J. M. (1804-78). Botanist, who collected in the Southwestern States. 

 Blepharidachne bigelovii; Poa bigelovii. 



Blasdale, W. C. (1871- ). Chemist of California, who collected grasses in 

 that State. Agrostis blasdalei. 



Blodgett, J. L. (1809-53). Physician of Key West, who collected in southern 

 Florida. Paspalum blodgettii. 



Bloomer, H. G. (1821-74). Botanist of California. Oryzopsis bloomeri. 



Bolander, H. N. (1831-97). Botanist of California. Calamagrostis bolanderi; 

 Poa bolanderi; Scribneria bolanderi. 



