244 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



is from western Cuba, 1863, and is numbered 903. Wright's 3424 in the Gray Her- 

 barium is from "savannas, Chirigote, July 13." 



This is described and figured by Sloane,^ and is cited as a synonym by Swartz 

 under Poa glutinosa & and by Grisebach;c but Poa glutinosa Sw. is Eragrostis sudans 

 Griseb., while Wullschlaegel's specimen from Jamaica, cited by Grisebach under 

 Eragrostis glutinosa, is E. elliottii S. Wats. 



4. Eragrostis elliottii S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 26: 140. 1890. 



Poa nitida Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 162. 1816, not Poa nitida Lam. 1791, nor 

 Eragrostis nitida Link, 1827. 



Eragrostis macropoda Pilger in Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 106. 1903. 



Savannas, Retiro, June, Wright 3423; without data, Wright; Cojimar, Baker HC 

 5332; Pinar del Rio, Baker & Aharca HC 3735, Palmer & Riley 441; Herradura, 

 Tracy 9096, Hitchcock in 1906; Isle of Pines, Taylor 25. In the herbarium of 

 the New York Botanical Garden are: Sagua, Britton & Wilson 320; Isle of Pines, 

 Curtiss in 190^. 



The Grisebach specimens are nos. 155, 155a, 155b, all of 1865. Wright's 3423 in 

 the Gray Herbarium is from "lagunas, Vueltabajo, July 24." 



Pilger <^ states that E. macropoda differs from E. nitida (Ell.) Chapm. in having 

 long-peduncled spikelets. However, the type of Poa nitida Ell. has long-peduncled 

 spikelets and is well matched by TFng'^i 3423. 



5. Eragrostis excelsa Griseb. Cat. PL Cnp. 227. 1866. 

 Wright M26. -3^ "'9, /'''' ■ , 



The Grisebach specimen is no. 3425, 1860-64. Wright's 3425 in the Gray 

 Herbgrniim is from "sand beaches by the seaside, Toscano, Oct. 30." 



6. Eragrostis glutinosa (Sw.) Trin. Mem. Acad. Petersb. VI. 1: 397. 1831. 

 Poa glutinosa Sw. Prod. 26. 1788. 



Eragrostis sudans Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 227: 1866. 



Wright U22. 



The Grisebach specimen is from eastern Cuba, 1860, numbered "112=3422." 

 The Sloane« figure cited by Swartz is Eragrostis cubensis Hitchc. 



The type of Swartz's species in the Stockholm Herbarium is from Jamaica. In 

 the Trinius Herbarium is a duplicate from Swartz, which is the basis of Eragrostis 

 glutinosa Trin. 



7. Eragrostis h3^noides (Lam.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 69. 1888. 

 Poa hypnoides Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 185. 1791. 



Poa reptans Michx. PI. Bor. Amer. 1: 69. 1803. 



Eragrostis reptans Nees, Agrost. Bras. 514. 1829. 



Around lagunas, Hanabana, May 20, Wright 156; Wright 3826; Laguna de 

 Castellano, Baker HC 1356; Isle of Pines', Curtiss 391. The following are in the 

 herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden: Habana, Baker 4328; Santiago 

 de Cuba, Hamilton 214; Baracoa, Underwood & Earle 1387. 



The Grisebach specimen from Wright is no. 156 of 1865. 



a Hist. Jam. 1: pi. 71. f. 2. 1707. ^ Loc. cit. 



&Sw. Prod. 26. 1788. ^Hist. Jam. 1: pi. 71. f. 2. ,1707. 



cFl. Brit. W. Ind. 532. 1864. 



