856 



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



(8) Digitaria simpsoni (Vasev) Fernald, 



Rhodora 22: 103. 1920^ Based on 



Panicum sanguinale var. simpsoni 



Vasey. 

 Panicum sanguinale var. simpsoni Vasev, 



U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 3: 25. 1892. 



Manatee, Fla., Simpson. 

 Panicum simpsojii Beal, Grasses N. Amer. 



2: 109. 1896. Based on Panicum 



sanguinale var. simpsoni Vasey. 

 Syntherisma simpsoni Nash, Torrey Bot. 



Club Bui. 25: 297. 1898. Based on 



Panicum sanguinale var. simpsoni 



Vasey. 

 Digitaria swazilandensis Stent, Bothalia 3: 



156. 1930. Swaziland, Africa. 

 (16) Digitaria subcalva Hitchc, Amer. 



Jour. Bot. 21: 138. f. 4. 1934. Plant 



City, Fla., C. P. Wright. 

 (13) Digitaria texana Hitchc, Biol. Soc. 



Wash. Proc. 41: 162. 1928. Sarita, 



Tex., Hitchcock 5479. 

 (10) Digitaria villosa (Walt.) Pers., Syn. 



PI. 1: 85. 1805. Based on Syntherisma, 



villosa Walt, 

 Syntherisma villosa Walt., Fl. Carol. 77. 



1788. South Carolina. 

 Digitaria pilosa Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 



45. 1803. Carolina and Georgia, 



Michaux. Willdenow (Enum. PL 1: 



91. 1809) uses this name, doubtfully 



citing D. pilosa Michx. The description 



suggests that Willdenow's plant, from 



Carolina, is also D. villosa. 

 Paspalum carolinianum Poir. in Lam., 



Encycl. Sup. 4: 311. 1816. Carolina 



and Georgia, Bosc. 

 Syntherisma leucocoma Nash, Torrey Bot, 



Club Bui. 25: 295. 1898. Lake Ella, 



Fla., Nash 1155. 

 Panicum leucocornum Scribn., U. S. Dept. 



Agr., Div. Agrost. Bui. 7. (ed. 2): 58. 



1898. Based on Syntherisma leucocoma 



Nash. 

 Digitaria leucocoma Urban, Symb. Antill. 



8: 24. 1920. Based on Syntherisma 



leucocoma Nash. 

 Digitaria, filiformis var. villosa Fernald, 



Rhodora 36: 19. 1934. Based on 



Syntherisma villosa Walt. 

 (5) Digitaria violascens Link, Hort. Berol. 



1: 229. 1827. Brazil. 

 Panicum violascens Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1 : 



33. 1829. Based on Digitaria violascens 



Link. 

 Paspalum chinense Nees in Hook, and 



Arm, Bot, Beechey Voy. 231. 1836. 



Macao, China. 

 Syntherisma chinensis Hitchc, U. S. Natl. 



Herb. Contrib. 22 : 468. 1922. Based on 



Paspalum chinense Nees. 

 Digitaria chinensis A. Camus, Not. Syst. 



Lecomte 4: 48. 1923. Not D. chinensis 



Hornem., 1819. Based on Paspalum. 



chinense Nees. 



(18) DISSANTHELIUM Trin. 



(1) Dissanthelium californicum (Nutt.) 

 Benth. in Hook, f., Icon. PI. III. 4: 

 56. pi. 1375. 1881. Based on Stenochloa 

 calif omica Nutt. 

 Stmochloa californica Nutt., Jour. Acad. 

 Sci. Phila, II. 1: 189. 1848. Santa 

 Catalina Island, Calif., Gambel. 



(21) DISTICHLIS Raf. 



(1) Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene, Calif. 



Acad. Sci. Bui. 2: 415. 1887. Based on 

 Uniola spicata L. 

 Uniola spicata L., Sp. PI. 71. 1753. 



Atlantic coast of North America. 

 Briza spicata Lam., Encycl. 1: 465. 1785. 



Based on Uniola spicata L. 

 '? Festuca multiflora Walt., Fl. Carol. 81. 



1788. South Carolina, 

 Festuca triticoides Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 



191. 1791. Carolina, Fraser. 

 Festuca disticho phylla Michx., Fl. Bor. 



Amer. 1: 67. 1803. Carolina. Michaux. 

 Uniola distichophylla Roem. and Schult., 



Syst. Veg. 2: 596. 1817. Based on 



Festuca distichophylla Michx. 

 Distichlis maritima Raf., Jour. Phys. 



Chym. 89: 104. 1819. Based on 

 Uniola spicata L. 

 Distichlis nodosa Raf., Jour. Phys. Chym. 



89: 104. 1819. Based on Festuca dis- 

 tichophylla Michx. 

 Brizopyrum americanum Link, Hort. 



Berol. 1: 160. 1827. Based on Uniola 



spicata L. 

 Poa michauxii Kunth, R6v. Gram. 1 : 111. 



1829. Based on Festuca distichophylla 



Michx. 

 Brizopyrum boreale Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 



280. 1830. Nootka Sound, Vancouver 



Island, Haenke. 

 Poa borealis Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: Sup. 



28. 1830. Based on Brizopyrum boreale- 



Presl. 

 Festuca triticea Lam. ex Kunth, Enum. PI. 



1: 325. 1833, as synonym of Poa 



michauxii Kunth. (Probably error for 



F. triticoides Lam.) 

 Brizopyrum spicatum Hook, and Arm, 



Bot. Beechey Voy. 403. 1841. Based 



on Uniola spicata L. 

 Distichlis spicata var. borealis Beetle, 



Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 70: 643. f. 1. 



1943. Based on Brizopyrum boreale 



Presl. 

 Distichlis spicata var. stolonifera Beetle, 



Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 70: 644. f. 4, 7, 



12. 1943. Femdale, Humboldt County, 



Calif., Davy and Blasdale 6202 (pistil- 

 late) ; Areata, Humboldt County, Calif., 



Davy and Blasdale 5604 (staminate). 

 Distichlis spicata var. divaricata Beetle, 



Torrey Bot, Club Bui. 70: 647. f. 10. 



1943. Salton, Calif., Davy in 1902. 

 Distichlis spicatav&r. distichophylla Beetle, 



Rhodora 47: 148. 1945. Based on 



