74 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
1V, 392; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 487; Miyabe, F]. Kur. 270; Wats., King Exp. 
390; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 293; Cov., Fl. Ark. 236; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 514; 
Upham, Fl. Minn. 168. 
Europe and Asia; cosmopolitan. 
North America: N. S. to Winnipeg, Athabasca, Brit. 
Col. and Pac. coast; S. to Fla. and Mex.; W. to S. Cal. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; especially prairie districts; 
edges of streams and ponds. 
Hers.: Ballard 783, Swan Lake, Carver Co.; Sheldon 
1058, Sleepy Eye; MacM. and Sheld. 3, Brainerd. 
ERAGROSTIS Beauv. Agrostogr. 70 (1812). 
Macroblepharos PHILIPPI, Linn. XXIX, 100 (1855). 
Harpachne Hocust. A. Rich., Fl. Abyssin. II, 431 (1851). 
Coelachyrum Nees, Linn. XVI, 221 (1842). 
Megastachya Beauv. Agrostogr. 74 (1812). 
Cladoraphis FRANCH. ex Dur. 1. c. (1888). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 1186, Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 476; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 69 ‘Hackel). 
Living species: 100; cosmopolitan; principally in the 
tropics. Europe, 5; Russia, 4; N. America, 10-12; S. Sts., 
10-11; E. Sts., 7; Canada, 1; California, 3-4; Rocky mts. 1; 
Pl. King, 2; Pl. Wheel., 3. 
Eragrostis pectinacea (MicHx.) Gray, Man. ed. V, 622 
(1868). 
Poa pectinacea Micux. Fl. N. A. (1803). 
P. spectabilis PursH, FI). Am. (1814). 
Eragrostis spectabilis GRAY, Man. ed. IJ, 598 (1848). 
E. pectinacea var. spectabilis GRAY 1. c. 
. Poa hirsuta AUCT. AMER. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 661; Britt., Fl. N. J, 294; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 102; Upham, Fl. Minn. 168; Chap., Fl. So. St. 564; Cov., Fl. Ark. 
257. 
North America: Mass. to N. J. and Fla.; W. to Minn., 
Neb. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Forest district; infrequent; sandy and 
barren places. 
Hers.: Ballard 638, Chaska; Sandberg 582, Red Wing; 
Oestlund 332, Minneapolis. 
Eragrostis purshii Scurap. Linn. XII, 45 (1838). 
Poa tenella Pursu, Fl. Am. (1814). 
P. caroliniana SPRENG. Mant. I, 33 (1828). 
P. pectinacea AUCT. AMER. not of Micux. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 661; Britt, Fl. N. J. 294; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 102; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 219; Coult., Fl. Colo. 419; Chap., Fl. So. 
St. 563; Upham, Fl]. Minn. 167; Wats., King Exp. 388; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 
2912: Cov., Fl. Ark. 287. 
