NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF LEPTOCHLOA. 21 



SPECIES EXCLUDED. 



LEPTOCHLOA BRANDEGEI Vasey = GOUINIA BRANDEGEI Hitchc. 

 Fig. 16.) 



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Fig. 1h.— Gouin i" brandegei. Callus on right. 



This was first described by Vasey | Proc. Calif. Acad. . ser. 2. 2 : 213. 1889 . . This 

 agrees with the other species of Cfouinia in habit and in general floral struc- 

 ture, such as the 1 -nerved unequal empty glumes, the 3-nerved flowering 

 glume, the rather long-pediceled rudimentary flower, and the hairy callus of 

 the lower flower. It differs from the other specie- chiefly in the very short 

 awu to the flowering glume. 



Distribution: Low r CcUifornia ; Brandegee T. 9, 11, o s . Carmt n Island, Mexico : 

 Palmer. 362. 



Leptochloa rigida M.mxro=Eragrostis sessili&pica Buckley. 



Leptochloa paimeri Vasey ined.= Gouinia virgata Scribn. 



Leptochloa mexicana Scribn. = Gouinia mexicana Scribn. 



