Heller : PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 795 



CHRYSOPOGON Trin. Fund. Agrost. 187. 1820. 



Chrysopopon aciculatus (Retz.)Tfin. Fund. Agrost. 188. 1820. 

 Andropogon aciculatus Retz Obs. 5:22. 1779-91. 



A common grass on open slopes below the forests, on both 

 Oahu and Kauai. Collected on Kauai, on the ridge west of the 

 Hanapepe river. 



July (2476). 



COIX L. Sp. PI. 972. 1753. 



Coix lacryma-Jobi L. Sp. PL 972. 1753. 



Escaped from cultivation, and plentiful in ditches, about the 

 Palama part of Honolulu. (2554). 



ERAGROSTIS Beauv. Agrost. 70, pi. L' h f. 11. 1812. 



Eragrostis hawaiiensis Hillebr. PI. Haw. Is. 530. 1888. 



A tall, handsome grass, collected on the slopes above Wai- 

 mea, Kauai, at about 2000 feet elevation, where occasional 

 clumps are found. Hillebrand's type came from Kohala, island 

 of Hawaii. 



September 24 (2830). 



Eragrostis major Host. Gram. Austr. 4: 14, pi. 24. 1809. 



Occasional clumps of this grass are found growing along the 

 streets of Honolulu, and in yards. It is not recorded from the 

 Islands by Hillebrand. 



May 9 (2288); original locality, "Europa australi ad agrorum 

 versuras. " 



Eragrostis plumosa (Retz.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1:192. 1827. 

 Poet plumosa Eetz. Obs. 4:20. 1779-91. 



This species is common about Honolulu, but was not noticed 

 at any distance from the coast. It is undoubtedly introduced. 



March 20 (1962). 



Eragrostis variabilis Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, 408. 1830. 



Collected on grassy slopes, at 1200 feet elevation, near the 

 Nuuanu Pali, Oahu. Also noticed on the slopes of Konahu- 

 anui. 



March 23 (1992); original locality, Oahu. 



