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Panicum ciliatissimum Buckl., Tex. GeoL 

 Agr. Survey Prel. Rpt. App. 4. 1866, 

 Northern Texas [Buckley], 

 Brachiaria eracaeformis (J. E. Smith) 

 Griseb. in Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 469. 

 1853. Based on Panicwn erucaejorme 

 J. E. Smith. 

 Panicwn erucaejorme J. E. Smith in 



Sibth., Fl. Graec. 1: 44. pi. 59. 1806. 



Greece. 

 Panicwn isachne Roth in Roem. and 



Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 458. 1819. East 



Indies. 

 Echinochloa erucijormis Koch, Linnaea 21 : 



437. 1848. Based on Panicwn erucae- 

 jorme J. E. Smith. 

 Panicum isachne var. mexicana Beal, 



Grasses N. Amer. 2: 114. 1896. Grown 



from seed said to come from Mexico. 

 Brachiaria isachne Stapf in Prain, Fl. 



Trop. Afr. 9: 552. 1917. Based on 



Panicwn isachne Roth. 

 (3) Brachiaria plantaglnea (Link) Hitchc., 



U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 12: 212. 



1909. Based on Panicum plantagineum 



Link. 

 Panicum plantagineum Link, Hort. Berol. 



1: 206. 1827. Grown in Berlin, origin 



unknown. 

 Panicwn leandri Trim, Gram. Icon. 3: pi. 



335. 1836. Brazil. 

 Panicwn distans Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. 



PI. Glum. 1: 61. 1854. Not P. distans 



Trin., 1829. Bahia, Brazil [Salzmann]. 

 Panicwn discijerum Fourn., Mex. PI. 2: 



19. 1886. San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 



Virlet 1292. 

 (2) Brachiaria platyphylla (Griseb.) Nash in 



Small, Fl. Southeast. U. S. 81. 1327. 



1903. Based on Paspalum platyphyllum 



Griseb. 

 Paspalum platyphyllum, Griseb., PL Cub. 



Cat. 230. 1866. Not P. platyphyllum 



Schult., 1827. Zarabanda, Cuba, Wright 



3441. 

 Panicum platyphyllum Munro ex Wright, 



An. Acad. Cienc. Habana 8 : 206. 1871 . 



Based on Paspalum platyphyllum 



Griseb. 

 Brachiaria extensa Chase, U. S. Natl. 



Herb. Contrib. 28: 240. 1929. Based 



on Paspalum platyphyllum Griseb. Not 



P. platyphyllum Schult. 

 Brachiaria subquadripara (Trin.) Hitchc, 



Lingnan Sci. Jour. 7: 214. 1931. Based 



on Panicum subquadriparum Trin. 

 Panicum subquadriparum Trin., Gram. 



Pan. 145. 1826. Marianas Islands. 



(87) BRACHYELYTRUM Beauv. 



(1) Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) 

 Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 155. 1812. Based 

 on Muhlenbergia erecta Schreb. 

 Muhlenbergia erecta Schreb. in Roth, Neue 

 Beytrage Bot. 1: 97. 1802. "America 

 boreali." It is stated (p. 96) that a fuller 

 description will be furnished by Schreber 



in a new part of his Beschreibung der 

 Graser, which, however, did not appear 

 until 1810. (Beschreib. Gras. 2: 139. pi, 

 50. 1810, ) Name only, MuhL, Amer. 

 Phil. Soc. Trans. 3: 160. 1793. 



Dilepyrum aristosum Michx., Fl. Bor. 

 Amer. 1: 40. 1803. Georgia and Caro- 

 lina, Michaux. 



Muhlenbergia aristata Pers., Syn. PL 1: 

 73. 1805. Based on Dilepyrum aris- 

 toswn Michx. 



Brachyelytrum aristatwn Roem. and 

 Schult., Syst. Veg. 2 : 413. 1817. Based 

 on Dilepyrum aristoswn Michx. 



Muhlenbergia, brachyelytrum Trin., Gram. 

 Unifl. 188. 1824. Based on Brachyely- 

 trum erectum Beauv. 



Agrostis erecta Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 264. 

 1825. Based on Muhlenbergia erecta 

 Schreb. 



Brachyelytrum aristatwn var. engelmanni 

 A. Gray, Man. ed. 5. 614. 1867. "A 

 western form." 



Brachyelytrum aristosum TreL, Brann. and 

 Coville, in Branner, Ark. GeoL Survey 

 Rpt. 4: 235. 1891. Based on Dilepyrum 

 aristosum Michx. 



Brachyelytrum aristosum var. glabratum 

 Vasey in Millsp., W. Va. Agr. Expt. 

 Sta. Bui. 24: 469. 1892. Fayette near 

 Nuttallburg, W. Va., Nutiall. 



Dilepyrum erectum Farwell, Amer. Midi. 

 Nat. 8: 33. 1922. Based on Muhlen- 

 bergia erecta Schreb. 



Brachyelytrum erectum var. septentrionale 

 Babel,' Rhodora 45: 260. 1943. Dur- 

 ham, N. H., Babel 46. 



(3) BRACHYPODIUM Beauv. 

 Brachypodium caespitosum (Host) Roem, 

 and Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 737. 1817, 

 Based on Bromus caespitosus Host. 

 Bromus caespitosus Host, Icon. Gram. 

 Austr. 4: 11. pi. 18. 1809. Tyrol. 

 (Spelled "cespitosus.") 

 (1) Brachypodium distacliyon (L.) Beauv., 

 Ess. Agrost. 101, 155. 1812. Based on 

 Bromus distachyos L. 

 Bromus distachyos L., Cent. PL 2: 8. 

 1756; Amoen. Acad. 4: 304. 1759. 

 Europe and the Orient. 

 Festuca distachyos Roth, Cat. Bot. Fasc. 

 1: 11. 1797. Based on Bromus dis- 

 tachyos L. 

 Trachynia distachya Link, Hort. Berol. 1 : 

 43. 1827. Based on Bromus distachyos 

 L. 

 Zerna distachyos Panz. ex Jacks., Ind. 

 Kew. 2: 1249. 1895. Based on Festuca 

 distachyos Roth. 

 Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) Beauv., Ess. 

 Agrost. 101, 155. pi. 19. f. 3. 1812. 

 Based on B?-o?nus pinnatus L. 

 Bromus pinnatus L. Sp. PL 78. 1753. 

 Europe. 

 Brachypodium sylvaiicum (Huds.) Beauv., 

 Ess. Agrost. 101, 155. 1810. Based 



