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MISC. PUBLICATION 200, U. S. DEFT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Anastrophus platycaulis Schlecht. ex 

 Jacks., Ind. Kew. 1: 118. 1893, as 

 synonym of Paspalum platicaulon. 



Panicura platycaulon Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 

 PI. 3 2 : 363. 1898. Based on Paspalum 

 platicaulon Poir. 



Paspalum raunkiaerii Mez, Repert. Sp. 

 Nov. Fedde 15: 60. 1917. St. Jan, 

 West Indies, Raunkiaer 1313. 

 (1) Axonopus furcatus (Flugge) Hitchc, 

 Rhodora 8: 205. 1906. Based on 

 Paspalum furcatum Flugge. 



Paspalum furcatum Flugge, Monogr. 

 Pasp. 114. 1810. Carolina, Bosc. 



Paspalum digitaria C. Muell., Bot. Ztg. 

 19: 324. 1861. Not P. digitaria Poir., 

 1816. Texas, Drummond 276. 



Paspalum michauxianum var. villosum 

 Vasey, Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 13: 163. 

 1886. No locality cited. [Type, Orange 

 County, Fla., Curtiss E.] 



Paspalum furcatum var. villosum Vasey, 

 U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 3: 16. 1892. 

 Presumably based on Paspalum mich- 

 auxianum var. villosum Vasey. 



Paspalum paspaloides var. villosum 

 Scribn. and Ball, U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. 

 Agrost. Bui. 24: 42. 1901. Based on 

 P. furcatum var. villosum Vasey. 



Anastrophus furcatus Nash, N. Amer. Fl. 

 17: 162. 1912. Based on Paspalum 

 furcatum Flugge. 



This species was called Paspalum paspa- 

 loides by Scribner (Torrey Bot. Club Mem. 

 5: 29. 1894) and Anastrophus paspaloides 

 by Nash (in Britton, Man. 75. 1901), but 

 Digitaria paspalodes Michx., upon which 

 these names are based, is Paspalum disti- 

 chum L. 



BAMBUSA Schreb. 



Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss in Vilmorin, 21 

 Blumengartnerei 1: 1189. 1896. Based 

 on Arundo bambos L. 

 Arundo bambos L , Sp. PI. 81. 1753. 

 India. 



This is the thorny bamboo described by 

 Gamble, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 7: 

 51. 1896, under u Bambusa arundi- 

 nacea Willd.," and figured (op. cit. pi. 

 48) over the name "Bambusa arundi- 

 nacea Retz." 



Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch., No- 

 menclature ed. 3. 103. 1797. Name 

 only; Raeusch. ex Schult., Syst. Veg. 

 7: 1350. 1830. Based on Arundo 

 multiplex Lour. 

 Arundo multiplex Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 58. 

 1790. Cochinchina. 



Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex Wendl., Coll. 

 PI. 2: 26. pi. 47. 1810; (more fully 

 described and illustrated by Gamble, 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 7: 43. pi. 40. 

 1896). India. 



2i Contributed by F. A. McClure; see McClure, 

 F. A., Blumea Sup. 3 (Henrard Jubilee vol.) : 95. 1946. 



Bambusa thouarsii Kunth, Rev. Gram, 



2: 323. pi. 73, 74. 1830. Madagascar 



and Bourbon. 

 Bambusa, surinamensis Rupr., Acad. St. 



P6tersb. Mem. VI. Sci. Nat. 3 1 : 139. 



pi. 11, f. 49. 1839. Surinam, Weigelt. 



(106) BECKMANNIA Host 



(1) Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fer- 

 nald, Rhodora 30: 27. 1928. Based on 

 Panicum syzigachne Steud. 



Panicum syzigachne Steud., Flora 29: 19. 



1846. Japan. 

 Beckmannia erucaeformis var. uniflora 

 Scribn. ex A. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 628. 

 1890. Iowa to Minnesota and westward. 

 Beckmannia erucaformis var. baicalensis 

 Ku-mezow, Angew. Bot. Bui. 6: 584. 

 1913. Siberia. 

 Beckmannia baicalensis Hulten, Svensk. 

 Vet. Akad. Handl. III. 5: 119. 1927. 

 Based on B. erucaefonnisv&v. baicalensis 

 Kuznezow. 

 In most American botanical works, until 

 recently, this is referred to B. erucaeformis 

 (L.) Host, a European species. Nuttall 

 (Gen. PI. 1: 48. 1818) misspells the name 

 Bruchmannia. 



(37) BLEPHARIDACHNE Hack. 



(2) Blepharidachne bigelovii (S. Wats.) 

 Hack, in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 261. 

 1889. Based on Eremochloe bigelovii S. 

 Wats. 



Eremochloe bigelovii S. Wats, in King, 



Geol. Expl. 40th Par. 5: 382. pi. 40. f. 



1-9. 1871. [Frontera, near El Paso, 



Tex.], Wright 2028. 

 Eremochloe thurberi S. Wats, in King, 



Geol. Expl. 40th Par. 5: pi. 40. f. 1-9. 



1871. Name inadvertently given on the 



plate illustrating E. bigelovii. 

 (1) Blepharidachne kingii (S. Wats.) Hack. 



in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 251. 1889. 



Based on Eremochloe kingii S. Wats. 

 Eremochloe kingii S. Wats, in King, Geol. 



Expl. 40th Par. 5: 382. pi. 40. f. 10-16. 



1871. Trinity Mountains, Nev., Watson. 



(84) BLEPHARONEURON Nash 



(1) Blepharoneuron tricholepis (Torr.) 

 Nash, Torrey Bot, Club Bui. 25: 88. 

 1898. Based on Vilfa tricholepis Torr. 

 Vilfa tricholepis Torr., U. S. Expl. Miss. 

 Pacif. Rpt. 4: 155. 1857. Sandia 

 Mountains, N. Mex. [Bigelow]. 

 Sporobolus tricholepis Coulter, Man. 

 Rocky Mount. 411. 1885. Based on 

 Vilfa tricholepis Torr. 



(112) BOUTELOUA Lag. 



(1) Bouteloua aristidoides (H. B. K.) 



Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 537. 1864. 



