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Eragrostis vulgaris subsp. barrelieri Douin 

 in Bonn., Fl. Compl. 12: 32. 1927-32. 

 Based on E. barrelieri Daveau. 

 (5) Eragrostis beyrichii J. G. Smith, Mo. 

 Bot. Gard. Rpt. 6: 117. pi. 56. 1895. 

 "Arkansas," Beyrich in 1834, but there 

 is no recent record from that State. 

 In 1834 the boundaries were as at pres- 

 ent, but earlier included parts of Texas. 

 (14) Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees, Agrost. 

 Bras. 505. 1829. Based on Poa capil- 

 laris L. 



Poa capillaris L., Sp. PI. 68. 1753. 

 Canada, Kalm. 



Aira capillacea Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 

 177. 1791. Carolina, Fraser. 



Poa tenuis Ell., Bot. S. C. and Ga. 1: 156. 

 1816. South Carolina. 



Eragrostis tenuis Steud., Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 

 273. 1854. Based on Poa tenuis Ell. 

 (45) Eragrostis chariis (Schult.) Hitchc, 

 Lingnan Sci. Jour. 7: 193. 1931. Based 

 on Poa chariis Schult. 



Poa elegans Roxb., Hort. Beng. 82. 1814. 

 Fl. Ind. 1: 339. 1820. Not P. elegans 

 Poir., 1804. India. 



Poa chariis Schult., Mantissa 2: 314. 

 1824. Based on P. elegans Roxb. 



Poa elegantula Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 114. 

 1829. Based on P. elegans Roxb. 



Eragrostis elegantula Nees ex Steud., Syn. 

 PL Glum. 1: 266. 1854. Not E. ele- 

 gantula Nees, 1851. Based on Poa 

 elegantula Kunth. 

 Eragrostis chloromelas Steud., Syn. PI. 

 Glum. 1: 271. 1854. Based on the 

 species described under E. atrovirens by 

 Nees, that name based on Poa atro- 

 virens Desf., a different species. 

 (24) Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Lutati, 

 Malpighia 18: 386. 1904. Based on 

 Poa cilianensis All. 



Briza eragrostis L., Sp. PI. 70. 1753. 

 Europe. 



Poa cilianensis All., Fl. Pedem. 2: 246. 

 1785. Italy. 



? Briza caroliniana Walt., Fl. Carol. 79. 

 1788. Not B. caroliniana, Lam. South 

 Carolina. 



Poa megastachya Koel., Descr. Gram. 181. 

 1802. Based on Briza eragrostis L. 



Eragrostis major Host, Icon. Gram. 

 Austr. 4: 14. pi. 24. 1809; Fl. Austr. 1: 

 135. 1827. Austria. 



Megastachya eragrostis Beauv. ex Roem. 

 and Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 575, in obs.; 

 584. 1817. Based on Briza eragrostis L. 



Briza purpurascens Muhl., Descr. Gram. 

 154. 1817. Carolina. 



Poa obtusa Nutt., Gen. PI. 1: 67. 1818. 

 Not P. obtusa Muhl., 1817. Phila- 

 delphia, Barton. 



Poa pennsylvanica Nutt., Gen. PI. 2: 

 errata. 1818. Based on P. obtusa Nutt. 



Poa philadelphica Barton, Compend. Fl. 

 Phila. 1: 62. 1818. Based on P. 

 obtusa Nutt. 



Megastachya obtusa Schult., Mantissa 2: 

 326. 1824. Based on Poa obtusa Nutt. 



Megastachya purpurascens Schult., Man- 

 tissa 2: 326. 1824. Based on Briza 

 purpurascens Muhl. 



Poa nuttallii Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1:344. 

 1825. Based on P. obtusa Nutt. 



Calotheca purpurascens Spreng., Syst. 

 Veg. 1: 348. 1825. Based on Briza 

 purpurascens Muhl. 



Eragrostis megastachya Link, Hort. Berol. 

 1: 187. 1827. Based on Poa mega- 

 stachya Koel. 



Briza megastachya Steud., Nom. Bot. ed. 

 2. 1: 225. 1840, as S3Tionym of Poa 

 megastachya Koel. 



Eragrostis vulgaris var. megastachya Coss. 

 and Germ., Fl. Env. Paris 2: 641. 

 1845. Based on Poa megastachya Koel. 



Eragrostis poaeoides var. megastachya A. 

 Gray, Man. ed. 2. 563. 1856. Based 

 on E. megastachya Link. 



Eragrostis virletii Fourn., Mex. PI. 2: 

 116. 1886. San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 

 Virlet 1391. 



Eragrostis eragrostis MacM., Met. Minn. 

 Vail. 75. 1892. Not E. eragrostis 

 Beauv., 1812. Based on Briza eragrostis 

 L. 



Eragrostis megastachya var. cilianensis 

 Aschers. and Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. 

 Fl. 2: 371. 1900. Based on Poa cilia- 

 nensis All. 



Eragrostis minor var. megastachya Davy 

 in Jepson, Fl. West Mid. Calif. 60. 

 1901. Based on E. megastachya Link. 



Erosion ciliare Lunell, Amer. Midi. Nat. 

 4: 221. 1915. Lunell cites "Eragrostis 

 ciliaris (All.) Link" as basis. Reference 

 to "Hubbard, Philippine Jour. Sci. Bot. 

 8: 159-161. 1913" and the fact that 

 this name is included in a list of plants 

 of North Dakota indicate that Lunell 

 meant Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) 

 Lutati, rather than E. ciliaris (L.) 

 Link. 



Eragrostis eragrostis var. megastachya 

 Farwell, Mich. Acad. Sci. Rpt, 17: 182. 

 1916. Based on Poa megastachya Koel. 



? Eragrostis eragrostis sub var. leersioides 

 Farwell, Amer. Midi. Nat. 10: 306. 

 1927. Based on E. multiflora var. leersi- 

 oides Richt., this based on Mega- 

 stachya leersioides Presl, described from 

 Sicily, the description not applying to 

 American forms. 

 (7) Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R. Br. in Tuckey, 

 Narr. Exp. Congo App. 478. 1818. 

 Based on Poa ciliaris L. 

 Poa ciliaris L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 875. 



1759. Jamaica. 

 Megastachya ciliaris Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 

 74, 167, 174, 1812. Based on Poa 

 ciliaris L. 

 Eragrostis villosa Trim, Fund. Agrost. 



137. 1820. Based on Poa ciliaris L. 

 Cynodon ciliaris Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat., 



