HITCHCOCK AND CHASE — NORTH AMERICAN GRASSES. 7 



Cuba : Monte Verde, Wright 750. Sancti Spiritus Mountains, Ledn 6524 

 (abnormal). Caniino Aguacate, Wilson 9210. Gran Piedra, Shafer 9015. 

 Woodfred, •Shafer 3022. Holguin, Shafer 1446. Baraeoa, Pollard, Palmer 

 & Palmer 15. El Guama, Palmer & Riley 130 (abnormal), 218. El Palen- 

 quito, Eggers 4814. San Diego de los Banos, Leon 4849. 



Jamaica: Red Hills, Harris 11837. Ipswich, Harris 12511; Hitchcock 9619. 

 Devon Pen, Harris 12472. Holliss Savanna, Harris 12258. Bull Head 

 Mountain, Hitchcock 9531. Troy, Hitchcock 9799. Claverty Cottage, 

 Harris 11523. Castleton, Harris 11298, 11485. Port Morant, Hitchcock in 

 1890. Cedar Hurst, Harris 11549. 



Pobto Rico : Rio Piedras, Stevenson 3327 ; Hioram 362 ; Wetmore 171. Sierra 

 de Luquillo, Eggers 1172 ; Chase 6717. Maricao, Sintenis 214 ; Chase 6196. 

 Bayamon, Millspaugh 352 ; Heller 92. Mayaguez, Holm 3, 165 ; Heller 4374 ; 

 CoweH 628; Chase 6321. Santurce, fleZter 826. Ponce, Heller 6093. 

 Santa Ana, Goll 136. Toa Alta, Goll 884. Utuado, Britton & Cowell 369, 

 883. Jayuya, Britton & Cowell 949. Alegrillo, Britton, Stevens & Hess 

 2576. Monte Montoso, Britton & Coivell 4139. Sierra de Naguabo, 

 Shafer 3388, 3629. Fajardo, Britton & Shafer 1633. Campo Alegre, Chase 

 6805. San Juan, Chase 6362, 6405, 6411, 6628, 6629, 6640, 6774. Cayey, 

 Chase 6736. Quebradillas, Chase 6571. Arecibo, Chase 6450. Vega Baja, 

 Chase 6418. 



Santo Domingo : Sanchez, Rose 4333. Santo Domingo City, Rose 3748. With- 

 out locality, Wright, Parry & Brummel 60S. 



Leewaed Islands : Antigua, Rose 3487 ; Wullschlaegel 619. Montserrat, 

 Shafer 710. Guadeloupe, L'Herminier 397 ; D«,ss 2686. 



Windward Islands : Martinique, Buss 772. Barbados, Eggers 7186 ; Bot. Sta. 

 Herb. 458. St. Vincent, Eggers 6560. Grenada, Broadway 1103, 4615, 4672. 



Teinidad: 5o£. Card. Hero. 2281, 3189, 3191. Port of Spain, Crueger 74; 

 Hitchcock 9955, 9966; Amer. Or. Nat. Herb. 583, 584. Maraval, Broadway 

 4911. Tamana, Broadway 4960. Blanchisseuse, Broadtoay 3820. St. 

 Joseph, Hitchcock 10013. San Fernando, Hitchcock 10104. Tabaquite, 

 Hitchcock 10130. La Brea, Broadway 4977. Cedros, Hitchcock 10140. 



Tobago : Broadway 4039, 4080 ; .£7##ers 5685 ; Hitchcock 10240, 10248. 



Colombia: Santa Marta, Smith 2133. 



Beazil : Capanema 5392, 5453 ; Burchell 1623. Rio Grande do Sul, Malme 506 ; 

 Lindman 1413. Campina, Campos Novaes 1285 (abnormal), 1286. Rio 

 Janeiro, Glaziou 17393^ 17404. 



Paraguay : Sierra de Anoambahy, Hassler 11269. 



Argentina : Misiones, Ekman 654, 656. 



Explanation of Plate 4.- — Ichnanthus pallens. Specimen from Port of Spain, Trini- 

 dad, Hitchcock 9955 (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 946899). Natural size. 



5. Ichnanthus axillaris (Nees) Hitchc. & Chase. 



Panicum axillare Nees, Agrost. Bras. 141. 1829. " Itambe da Villa et 

 Itacolumi etc. provinciae Minarum." The type specimen, collected by Martius, 

 has been examined at the Munich Herbarium. 



Ichnanthus axillaris Hitchc. & Chase, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 334. 1917. 

 Based on Panicum axillare Nees. 



description. 



Culms much branched, spreading or prostrate, rooting at the nodes, the fer- 

 tile shoots ascending 10 to 20 cm. in open ground, or among shrubs clambering 

 to the height of 1 to 1.5 meters, puberulent or glabrescent ; sheaths villous, at 

 least on the margin; blades oval, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 3 to 12 cm. long. 



