144 BULLETIN 1772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Type species: Hpicanpes strictus Presl. 
Epicampes Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 235, pl. 39. 
seribed. 
Crypsinna Fourn., Mex. Pl. 2: 90. 1886. Three species are mentioned, 
C. stricta, C. macroura, and C. setifolia. In the generic description the panicle 
1830. Only one species de- 
Fic. 80.—Deer-grass, Hpicampes rigens. 
a ee 
= ——s —— 
<= 
> 
a a 
SLES 
oe ee 
——as eS 
= z 
is said to be densely 
spiciform. This applies 
best to the second spe- 
cies, C. macroura, which 
is chosen as the type. 
One species, L'pi- 
campes rigens Benth. 
(fig. 80), with long, 
slender, cylindric, 
pale, spikelike pan- 
icles, the glumes 
shorter than the 
lemma, is found from 
western Texas to 
southern California. 
This species, called 
deer-grass, and _ the 
four other species, F. 
ligulata Scribn., L. 
berlandiert Fourn., #. 
subpatens Hitche.,* 
and HL. emersleyz 
1Epicampes subpatens, n. sp. 
Culms erect, glabrous, 50 
to 100 cm. tall; sheaths 
glabrous, slightly scabrous, 
compressed-keeled, especially 
those of the innovations 3 
ligule softly membranace- 
ous, 1 to 2 cm. long; blades 
flat or folded, scabrous, 1 
to 3 mm. wide, the lower 
as much as 50 cm. long; 
panicles narrow but rather 
loose, mostly 20 to 40 cm. 
long, the branches ascend- 
ing, more or less fascicled 
or whorled, naked below; 
_ spikelets about 3 mm. long, 
Plant, X 3; spikelet and floret, x 5. 
