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



Garber. (Chapman probably had E. 



brownei (Kunth) Nees, an Australian 



species, in mind, but he cites nothing 



that can connect his publication with 



that. The name E. brownei Nees is 



used for E. simplex by Scribner (U. S. 



Dept, Agr., Div. Agrost. Bui. 7: 262. 



1897.) 

 (41) Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud., 



Norn. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 584. 1840. Based 



on Poa spectabilis Pursh. 

 ?Poa amabilis Walt., Fl. Carol. 80. 1788. 



Not P. amabilis L., 1753. South Caro- 

 lina. 

 Poa spectabilis Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1 : 



81. 1814. New York to Carolina. 

 Megastachya spectabilis Roem. and Schult., 



Syst, Veg. 2: 589. 1817. Based on Poa 



spectabilis Pursh. 

 Poa hirsuta var. spectabilis Torr., Fl 



North, and Mid. U. S. 1: 114. 1823 



Based on Poa spectabilis Pursh. 

 lEragrostis velutina Schrad., Linnaea 12 



451. 1838. Carolina. 

 IPoa villosa Be}^r. ex Schrad., Linnaea 12 



451. 1838, as synonym of E. velutina 



Schrad. 

 Eragrostis geyeri Steud. , Syn. PL Glum 1 : 



272. 1854. Illinois, Geyer. 

 Poa pectinacea Geyer ex Steud., Syn. PL 



Glum. 1: 272. 1854. Not P. pectinacea 



Michx., 1803. As synonym of Eragrostis 



geyeri Steud. 

 Eragrostis pectinacea var. spectabilis A. 



Gray, Man. ed. 2. 565. 1856. Based on 



Poa spectabilis Pursh. 

 Erochloe spectabilis Raf. ex Jacks., Ind. 



Kew. 1:886. 1893. 

 Eragrostis spectabilis var. sparsihirsuta 



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



1927. Michigan. 

 This is the species called Poa pectinacea 

 Michx. and Eragrostis pectinacea Nees by 

 American authors, not Michaux's species. 

 (6) Eragrostis spicata Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 16: 



146. 1891. Baja California, Brandegee. 

 Sporobolus tenuispica Hack., Repert. Sp. 



Nov. Fedde 6: 344. 1909. Pilcomayo 



River, Paraguay, Rojas 258. 

 Eragrostis stenophylla Hochst, ex Miquel, 



An. Bot. Ind. 2: 27. 1851. Asia. 

 (36) Eragrostis swalleni Hitchc, Wash. 



Acad. Sci. Jour. 23: 451. 1933. 



Riviera, Tex., Swollen 1847. 

 Eragrostis tef (Zuccagni) Trotter, Soc. Bot. 



Ital. Bui. 1918: 62. 1918. Based on 



Poa tef Zuccagni. 

 Poa tef Zuccagni, Diss. Concern. l'Ist. 



Pianta Paniz. Abiss. 1775. Abyssinia 



(no page). 

 Poa abyssinica Jacq., Misc. Austr. 2: 364. 



1781. Abyssinia. 

 Eragrostis abyssinica Link, Hort, Berol. 1 : 



192. 1827. Based on Poa abyssinica 



Jacq. 

 (20) Eragrostis tephrosanthos Schult., Man- 

 tissa 2: 316. 1824. Martinique, Sieber. 



Poa tephrosanthos Spreng. ex Schult., Man- 

 tissa 2: 316. 1824, as synonym of Era- 

 grostis tephrosanthos Schult, 

 Eragrostis delicatula Trin., Acad. St, 



Petersb. Mem. VI. Sci. Nat. 2 1 : 73. 



1836. Brazil. 

 Eragrostis pilosa var. delicatula Hack, in 



Stuck., An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 



133. 1904. Based on E. delicatula Trin. 

 (37) Eragrostis tracyi Hitchc, Amer. Jour. 



Bot. 21: 130. f. 1. 1934. Sanibel Island, 



Fla,, Tracy 7168. 

 (32) Eragrostis trichocolea Hack, and 



Arech., An. Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 



444. 1896. Uruguay. 

 Eragrostis floridana Hitchc, Amer. Jour. 



Bot. 2: 308. 1915. Tampa, Fla,, 



Curtiss 3494*. 

 (39) Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt.) Wood, 



Class-book ed. 1861. 796. 1861. Based 



on Poa trichodes Nutt. 

 Poa trichodes Nutt., Amer. Phil. Soc 



Trans, (n.s.) 5: 146. 1837. Arkansas, 



Nuttall. 

 Eragrostis tenuis var. texensis Vasey, 



U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 1: 59. 1890. 



Texas, Nealley. 

 Eragrostis tenuis A. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 



661. 1890. Not E. tenuis Steud., 1854. 



Ohio to Illinois, Kansas and southward. 

 Eragrostis capillacea Jedw., Bot. Archiv 



Mez 5: 196. 1924. Nebraska, Rydberg 



1832. 

 (13) Eragrostis unioloides (Retz.) Nees in 



Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 264. 1854. 



Based on Poa unioloides Retz. 

 Poa unioloides Retz., Obs. Bot. 5: 19. 



1789. East Indies. 

 Eragrostis virescens Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 



276. 1830. Chile, Haenke. 



Eremochloa ciliaris (L.) Merr., Philippine 

 Jour. Sci. 1 (Sup. 5) : 331. 1906. Based 

 on Nardus ciliaris L. 

 Nardus ciliaris L. Sp. PL 53. 1753. 

 India. 



Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack, in 

 DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 261. 1889. 

 Based on Ischaemum ophiuroides Mun- 

 ro. 

 Ischaemum ophiuroides Munro, Amer. 

 Acad. Sci. Proc 4: 363. 1860. South- 

 ern China. 



(151) ERIANTHUS Michx. 



(3) Erianthus alopecuroides (L.) Ell., Bot, 



S. C. and Ga, 1: 38. 1816. Based on 



Andropogon alopecuroides L. 

 Andropogon divaricatus L., Sp. PL 1045. 



1753. Virginia [Clayton 70]. 

 Andropogon alopecuroides L., Sp. PL 



1045. 1753. Virginia [Clayton 601]. 

 Saccharum alopecuroideum Nutt., Gen. 



PL 1 : 60. 1818. Based inferentially on 



Erianthus alopecuroides Ell. 

 Erianthus divaricatus Hitchc, U. S. Natl. 



