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Herb. Contrib. 12: 125. 1908. Based on 

 Andropogon divaricatus L. 

 Erianthus alopecuroides var. hirsutis 

 Nash in Small, Fl. Southeast. U. S. 55. 

 1903. Florida [Chapman]. (Published as 

 E. alopecuroides hirsutus.) 



(4) Erianthus brevibarbis Michx., Fl. Bor. 

 Amer. 1: 55. 1803. "Tennessee and 

 Carolina," Michaux. The only specimen 

 in the Michaux Herbarium bearing this 

 name is from dry hills 5 days distant 

 from the Wabash River toward the 

 mouth of the Missouri, that is, in 

 southern Illinois, where it has not since 

 been found. 



Saccharum brevibarbe Pers., Syn. PI. 1: 

 103. 1805. Based on Erianthus brevi- 

 barbis Michx. 



Calamagrostis rubra Bosc ex Kunth, 

 Enum. PI. 1: 478. 1833, as synonym of 

 Erianthus brevibarbis Michx. 



Erianthus alopecuroides var. brevibarbis 

 Chapm., Fl. South U. S. 583. 1860. 

 Based on E. brevibarbis Michx. 



Erianthus saccharoides subsp. brevibarbis 

 Hack, in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 131. 

 1889. Based on E. brevibarbis Michx. 



(5) Erianthus coarctatus Fernald, Rhodora 

 45: 246. pi. 758. 1943. Homeville, 

 Sussex County, Va., Fernald and Long 

 7301. 



Erianthus coarctatus var. elliottianus 

 Fernald, Rhodora 45: 246. 1943. Live 

 Oak, Fla., Curtiss 6940. 

 (2) Erianthus contortus Baldw. ex Ell., Bot. 

 S. C. and Ga. 1: 40. 1816. Savannah, 

 Ga., Baldwin. 

 Saccharum contortum Nutt., Gen. PI. 1: 

 60. 1818. Based on Erianthus con- 

 tortus Ell. 

 Erianthus alopecuroides var. contortus 

 Chapm., Fl. South. U. S. 582. 1860. 

 Based on E. contortus Ell. 

 Erianthus saccharoides subsp. contortus 

 Hack, in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 131. 

 1889. Based on E. contortus Ell. 

 Erianthus smallii Nash, N. Y. Bot. Gard. 

 Bui. 1: 429. 1900. Stone Mountain, 

 Ga., Small in 1894. 



(6) Erianthus giganteus (Walt.) Muhl., 



Cat. PL 4. 1813. Based on Anthoxan- 

 thum giganteum Walt. Later (Descr. 

 Gram. 192. 1817) Muhlenberg uses 

 the name for both E. saccharoides and 

 E. alopecuroides (his herbarium speci- 

 men under this name including both 

 species), but the description (awn 

 twisted) applies better to E. alopecur- 

 oides. Erianthus giganteus was published 

 as new by Hubbard (Rhodora 14: 166. 

 1912) based on Anthoxanthum gigan- 

 teum Walt. 



Anthoxanthum giganteum Walt., Fl. Carol. 

 65. 1788. South Carolina. 



Erianthus saccharoides Michx., Fl. Bor. 

 Amer. 1: 55. 1803. Carolina to Florida, 

 Michaux. 



Saccharum giganteum Pers., Syn. PL 1: 



103. 1805. Based on Anthoxanthum 



giganteum Walt. 

 Saccharum erianthoid.es Raspail, Ann. Sci. 



Nat., Bot. 5: 308. 1825. Based on 



Erianthus saccharoides Rich, [same as 



Michx.]. 

 Andropogon erianthus Link, Hort. Berol. 



1: 243. 1827. Based on Erianthus 



saccharoides Michx. 

 Erianthus saccharoides var. michauxii 



Hack, in Mart., FL Bras. 2 3 : 257. 



1883. Based on E. saccharoides Michx. 

 Erianthus compactus Nash, Torrey Bot. 



Club Bui. 22: 419. 1895. New Jersey 



to North Carolina and Tennessee [type, 



Washington, D. C, Nash in 1895]. 

 Erianthus laxus Nash, Torrey Bot. Club 



Bui. 24: 344. 1897. Near Paola, Fla., 



Swingle 1732a. 

 Erianthus traciji Nash, Torrey Bot. Club 



BuL 24: 37. 1897. Starkville, Miss., 



Tracy in 1896. 

 Erianthus saccharoides var. compactus 



Fernald, Rhodora 45 : 252. 1943. Based 



on E. compactus Nash. 

 Erianthus ravennae (L.) Beauv., Ess. 



Agrost. 14, 162, 177. 1812. Based on 



Saccharum ravennae Murr., this based 



on Andropogon ravennae L. 

 Andropogon rosvennae L., Sp. PL ed. 2. 



2: 1481. 1763. Italy. 

 Saccharum ravennae Murr. in L., Syst. 



Veg. ed., 13. 88. 1774. Based on 



Andropogon ravennae L. 

 Ripidium ravennae Trim, Fund. Agrost. 



169. 1820. Based on Saccharum raven- 

 nae Murr. 

 Erianthus ravennae var. purpurascens 



(Anderss.) Hack, in DC, Monogr. 



Phan. 6: 140. 1889. Based on E. 



purpurascens Anderss. 

 Erianthus purpurascens Anderss., Svenska 



Vetensk. Akad. Ofversigt af Forhandl. 



12: 161. 1855. India, Hugel. 

 (1) Erianthus strictus Baldw. in Ell., Bot. 



S. C and Ga. 1: 39. 1816. Savannah, 



Ga., Baldwin. 

 Saccharum strictum Nutt., Gen. PL 1: 60. 



1818. Based on Erianthus strictus 



Baldw. 

 Saccharum. baldwinii Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1 : 



282. 1825. Based on Erianthus strictus 



Baldw. 

 Pollinia dura Trim, Acad. St. Petersb. 



Mem. VI. Sci. Nat. 2 1 : 91. 1836. 



Carolina. 

 Andropogon durus Steud., Nom. Bot. ed. 



2. 1: 91. 1840. Based on Pollinia dura 



Trin. 



(132) ERIOCHLOA H. B. K. 



(1) Eriochloa aristata Vasey, Torrey Bot. 

 Club BuL 13: 229. 1886. Southwest 

 Chihuahua, Palmer in 1885 [110e]. 



