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(28) Eragrostis mexicana (Hornem.) Link, 

 Hort. Berol. 1: 190. 1827. Based on 

 "Poa mexicana Lag. Hornem." 

 Poa mexicana Hornem., Hort. Hafn. 2: 

 953. 1815. Garden specimen from 

 Mexican seed. 

 Poa mexicana Lag., Gen. et Sp. Nov. 3. 

 1816. Grown in Madrid from Mexican 

 seed. 

 Small specimens of this species have been 

 referred to Eragrostis limbata Fourn., a 

 Mexican species, not known from the 

 United States. 



(21) Eragrostis multicaulis Steud., Syn. PI. 

 Glum. 1: 426. 1855. Japan. 



Eragrostis pilosa var. damiensiana Bonnet, 

 Naturaliste 3: 412. 1881. France. 



Eragrostis pilosa var. condensata Hack., 

 Allg. Bot. Ztschr. 7: 13. 1901. Karls- 

 ruhe, Germany, Kneucker Gram. Exs. 

 115. 



Eragrostis peregrina Wiegand, Rhodora 

 19: 95. 1917. Based on E. pilosa var. 

 condensata Hack. 



Eragrostis damiensiana, Thell., Repert. Sp. 

 Nov. Fedde 24: 323. 1928. Based on 

 E. pilosa var. damiensiana Bonnet. 



Eragrostis damiensiana var. condensata 

 Thell., Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 24: 328. 

 1928. Based on E. pilosa var. con- 

 densata Hack. 

 (27) Eragrostis neomexicana Vasey, U. S. 

 Natl. Herb. Contrib. 2: 542. 1894. 

 New Mexico, Vasey. 

 Eragrostis obtusa Munro ex Stapf, in Dyer, 



Fl. Cap. 7: 625. 1898. South Africa. 

 (1) Eragrostis obtusifiora (Fourn.) Scribn., 

 U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Agrost. Bui. 8: 

 10. pi. 5. 1897. Based on Brizopyrum 

 obtusiflorum Fourn. 



Brizopyrum obtusiflorum Fourn., Mex. PI. 

 2: 120. 1886. Orizaba, Mexico, Emy. 



(22) Eragrostis orcuttiana Vasev, U. S. 

 Natl. Herb. Contrib. 1: 269. 1893. 

 San Diego, Calif., Orcutt 1313. 



(4) Eragrostis oxylepis (Torr.) Torr., U. S. 



Expl. Miss. Pacif. Rpt, 4: 156. 1857. 



Based on Poa oxylepis Torr. 

 Poa interrupta Nutt., Amer. Phil. Soc. 



Trans, (n.s.) 5: 146. 1837. Not P. 



interrupta Lam., 1791. Banks of the 



Arkansas [Nuttall]. 

 Poa oxylepis Torr. in Marcv, Expl. Red 



Riv. 301. 1853. Based on Poa inter- 

 rupta Nutt. 

 Eragrostis veraecrucis Rupr., Acad. Sci. 



Brux. Bui. 9 2 : 235. 1842, name only; 



Fourn., Mex. PI. 2: 118. 1886, as 



synonym of Megastachya oxylepis var. 



capitata Fourn. 

 Megastachya oxylepis Fourn., Mex. PI. 2: 



118. 1886. Based on Poa oxylepis Torr. 

 Megastachya oxylepis var. capitata Fourn., 



Mex. PI. 2:' 118. 1886. Vera Cruz, 



Mexico. 

 Eragrostis interrupta Trel. in Branner and 



Coville, Ann. Rpt. Geol. Survey Ark. 4: 



237. 1891. Not E. interrupta Beauv., 



1812. Based on Poa interrupta Nutt. 



Referred to Eragrostis secundiflora Presl 



in Manual ed. 1. That is a rare Mexican 



species not known from the L'nited States. 



(34) Eragrostis palmeri S. Wats., Amer. 



Acad. Sci. Proc. 18: 182. 1883. Juarez, 



Coahuila, Palmer 1368. 

 Eragrostis caudata Fourn., Mex. PI. 2: 



115. 1886. Not E. caudata Nees ex 



Steud. 1854. Mexico, Berlandier 2345. 

 (18) Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees, 



Fl. Afr. Austr. 406. 1841. Based on 



Poa pectinacea Michx., the name given 



as "Er. pectinacea Michx." 

 Poa pectinacea Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 



69. 1803. Illinois, Michaux. 

 Poa eragrostis Ell., Bot. S. C. and Ga. 1: 



161. 1816. Not P. eragrostis L., 1753. 



South Carolina and Georgia. 

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



Not P. tenella L., 1753. North America. 

 Eragrostis brizotdes Schult., Mantissa 2: 



319. 1824. Based on Poa tenella Nutt. 

 Poa nuttallii Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 116. 



1829. Not P. nuttallii Spreng., 1825. 



Based on Poa tenella Nutt. 

 Eragrostis purshii Schrad., Linnaea 12: 



451. 1838. North America; description 



inadequate; Gray, Man. ed. 2. 564. 



1856. 

 Poa diandra Schrad., Linnaea 12: 451. 



1838, as synonym of Eragrostis purshii 



Schrad. 

 Eragrostis nuttalliana Steud., Nom. Bot, 



ed. 2. 1: 563. 1840. Based on Poa 



tenella Nutt. 

 Eragrostis pennsylvanica Scheele, Flora 27: 



58. 1844. Pennsylvania. 

 Eragrostis unionis Steud., Syn. PI. Glum. 



1:273. 1854. Miami, Ohio. 

 Eragrostis cognata Steud., Svn. PI. Glum. 



1:273. 1854. Ohio. 

 (17) Eragrostis perplexa L. H. Harvey, 



Univ. Microfilms, Publ. 967: 194. 



1948. Mellette County, S. Dak., IF. L. 



Tolstead, Aug. 30, 1935. 

 (40) Eragrostis pilifera Scheele, Linnaea 22: 



344. 1849. New Braunfels, Tex., 



Lindheimer. 

 Eragrostis grandiflora Smith and Bush, 



Mo. Bot. Gard. Rpt. 6: 117. pi. 55. 



1895. Sapulpa, Indian Territory [Okla,], 



Bush [808]. 

 Eragrostis trichodes var. pilifera Fernald, 



Rhodora 40: 331. 1938. Based on E. 



pilifera Scheele. 

 (16) Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv., Ess. 



Agrost. 71, 162, 175. 1812. Based on 



Poa pilosa L. 

 Poa pilosa L., Sp. PI. 68. 1753. Italy. 

 Poa eragrostis Walt., Fl. Carol. 80. 1788. 



Not P. eragrostis L., 1753. South 



Carolina, 

 ?Poa tenella [L. misapplied by] Pursh, Fl. 



Amer. Sept. 1 : 80. 1814. New Jersey to 



Carolina. Elliott (Bot, S. C. and Ga. 1 : 



