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42. OLYRA L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1261. 1759. 



1. Olyra latif olia L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1261. 1759. 



Retiro, February 27, Wright 746; Las Acostas, BaJcer HC 5239; Vfento, Baker HC 

 584; Lomas de Candelaria, Baker HC 1624; Madruga, Shafer; Baracoa, Pollard, 

 Palmer & Palmer 53; Cienfuegos, Pringle 70; El Guama, Palmer & Riley 115, 216; 

 Herradiira, Baher HC 2940, Hitchcock in 1906; Isle of Pines, Palmer & Riley 1058, 1066, 

 Curtiss 293, Taylor 26, 27, in Gray Herbarium; Yumury Mountains, Rugel 186 in Gray 

 Herbarium; Cienfuegos, Combs 210 in Gray Herbarium; Marianao, Leon 583. The 

 following are in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden: Cedro, Underwood 

 & Earle 1538; YumuryMountains, i^ug'eZ 873; Santiago de Cuba, J3ami7^on 209; Matan- 

 zas, Britton & Wilson 457; Madruga, Britton & Shafer 315, 736; Eggers 4639. 



There are two Wright specimens of this in the Grisebach Herbarium, no. 162 of 1865 

 and no. 746 from eastern Cuba, 1859. 



43. LITHACHNE Beauv. Agrost. 135. t. 24- f. 11. 1812. 



Blades ovate, 1 to 2 cm. wide 1. L. pauciflora. 



Blades oblong, less than 5 mm. wide 2. L. pineti. 



1. Lithachne pauciflora (Sw.) Beauv.; Poir. Diet. Sci. Nat. 27: 60. 1823. 



Olyra pauciflora Sw. Prod. 21. 1788. 



Olyra axillaris Lam. Encycl. 4: 547. 1797. 



Lithachne axillaris Beauv. Agrost. 166. t. 24. f. 11. 1812. 



Wright 732; Santiago de las Vegas, Baker HC 4148, 5049, Hitchcock in 1906; San 

 Antonio, Hitchcock in 1906; Cienfuegos, Pringle 54, Combs 319 in Gray Herbarium; 

 Madruga, Curtiss 661; El Guama, Palmer & Riley 105; Herradura, Baker HC 2941, 

 Hitchcock in 1906; Habana, Leon 584. In the herbarium of the New York Botanical 

 Garden: Santiago de Cuba, Hamilton 210; Eggers 5356. 



There are three specimens of this in the Grisebach Herbarium, two from eastern 

 Cuba, 1856-57 and 1859, both numbered 732, and one from western Cuba numbered 

 ''1133=732." One sheet of Wright 732 in the Gray Herbarium is from "Banks of 

 river, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Apr. 8." 



2. Lithachne pineti (Wright) Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 182. 1908. 

 Olyra pineti Wright; Griseb. Mem. Amer. Acad. n. ser. 8: 532. 1862. 



Eastern Cuba in 1859, Wright 1536 in Grisebach Herbarium. There is a duplicate 

 type in the Gray Herbarium. 



44. MNIOCHLOA Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 185. 1908. 



Flowering culms much exceeding sterile ones; fruit glabrous 1. M. pulchella. 



Flowering and sterile culms about equal in height; fruit pubescent .2. M. strephioides. 



1. Mniochloa pulchella (Griseb.) Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 186. 1908. 

 Digitaria pulchella Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 231. 1866. 



Strephiumf pulchellum Wright, Anal. Acad. Cienc. Habana 8: 202. 1871; Sauv. 

 Fl. Cub. 193. 

 Crece al borde de precipicios en el Yunque de Baracoa Wright 3448. 



2. Mniochloa strephioides (Griseb.) Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 186. 1908. 

 Olyra strephioides Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 229. 1866. 



Wright 3435; 'San Diego de los Baiios, Caldwell & Baker 7011. 



The Grisebach specimen, which is the type, is from western Cuba, 1863, num- 

 bered "942=3435." 



