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blade thus forming more or less of a shoulder; blades narrow, folded, appressed, gla- 

 brous, 1 to 4 cm. long, 1 mm. wide, the basal as much as 10 cm. long, the uppermost 

 reduced to points 1 to 3 mm. long; inflorescence at the summit of the naked culm, the 

 peduncle long-exserted from the uppermost sheath; racemes in pairs 3 to 4 cm. long, 

 very villous with tawny hairs 5 to 7 mm. long from the rachis and the sterile pedicel; 

 sessile spikelets 3 to 4 mm. long, as long as or slightly longer than the internodes of the 

 rachis; first glume nerveless between the scabrous keels, second glume slightly shorter 

 than the first, sterile and fertile lemmas hyaline, slightly shorter than the second 

 glume, the fertile lemma bearing an awn which extends 10 to 15 mm. beyond the spike- 

 let; stamen 1; sterile pedicel 3 mm. long, bearing an involute scale 1 to 2 mm. long. 



Type, Cuba, Wright 3899, no. 35320 in U. S. National Herbarium. 



Sandy pine woods, western Cuba. In addition to the type this species is represented 

 by: Herradura, Hitchcock in 1906, Tracy 9069. 



The specimen of Wright 3899 in the Sauvalle Herbarium is labeled "Sandy pine 

 woods, Pinar del Rio. Sept. Culms few or single, scattering." 



This species is named for Mr. George V. Nash, who, while studying the species of 

 Andropogon in the National Herbarium, suggested that the above-mentioned speci- 

 mens did not belong to A. leucostachys, to which they had been referred. The species 

 is allied to A. leucostachys H. B. K. and A.^uhtenuis Nash. j? e> / 



10. Andropogon. semibert is (Nees) Kunth, Enum. 1:489. 1833. 

 8chizachyriuin semiberhe Nees, Agrost. Bras. 336. 1829. 



Wright 389,1 (in 1865) . //c<-be^v^«^il' ^"^ '' *"^; /5~^f . 



11. Andropogon spathiflorus (Nees) Kunth, Enum. 1 : 496. 1833. 

 HypogyniuTn spathiflorum^eea, Agrost. Bia-s. 366. 1829. 

 Anatherum spathiflorum Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 236. 1866. 



Wright 3481; Herradura, Baker & Dimmock HC 4814; Isle of Pines, Curtiss 460, 

 Taylor 2Z. 



The Sauvalle specimen has two labels, "Savannas Dayaniguas Sept." and "Pinales, 

 Dayaniguas Sept." Another sheet has a blank label, "3480 Anatherum inerme Gris." 

 In the Grisebach Herbarium are two sheets of this, one marked 3481 on an 1860-64 

 label, and another marked "899=3481, Cub. occ. 1863." The specimen in the National 

 Herbarium with the number 3481 has this on an 1865 label. 



In the Grisebach Herbarium there are two other sheets of this species, marked 

 Anatherum inerme Griseb., "3480 Cuba 1860-64," and "898=3480, Cub. occ. 1863." I 

 have not seen the type of Anatherum inerme (Steud.) Griseb. (^ {Andropogon inermis 

 Steud.)^, which is from Venezuela,. but Hackel places it under Andropogon spathiflorus 

 as variety inermis. c I do not see that Wright's 3480 differs from 3481. Nees's type at 

 Munich is the same. One sheet of this species in the Gray Herbarium is marked 

 '^ 3480=3481 " and is from "pinales (wet), Los Almacigos, July 29; " another from the 

 same locality is marked "3481=3480." 



12. Andropogon tener (Nees) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 2: 565. 1832. 

 Schizachyrium tenerum Nees, Agrost. Bras. 336. 1829. 



Wright 3482; Herradura, Tracy 9065. 



Grisebach 's specimen is labeled ' ' Cub . occ . 1863 ' ' and is numbered ' '914=3482 ." The 

 Wright specimen in the National Herbarium has an 1865 label. Wright's 3482 in the 

 Gray Herbarium is from ' ' savannas, Almacigos, July 25 . " One sheet of Wright's 1558 

 in the Gray Herbarium is this species, the other is A. hrevifolius. 



13. Andropogon virginicus L. Sp. PL 1046. 1753. 



Wright 3901; Santiago de las Vegas, Baker 6c Wilson HC 599; Guanabacoa, Leon 193. 

 The Sauvalle specimen has no data. The Wright specimen in the National Her- 

 barium bears an 1865 label. 



« Cat. PL Cub. 236. 1866. c Mart. Fl. Bras. 2'^: 296. 1883. 



ft Syn. PL Glum. 1: 390. 1854. 



