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(5) Festuca myuros L., Sp. PI. 74. 1753. 



Europe. 

 Avena muralis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. 22. 



1796. Based on Festuca myuros L. 

 Vulpia myuros K. Gmel., Fl. Badens. 



1 : 8. 1805. Based on Festuca myuros L. 

 Festuca myuros Muhl., Descr. Gram. 160. 



1817. Maryland; Georgia. Probably F. 



myuros L. is referred to, Muhlenberg's 



specimen being a mixture of this and 



F. sciurea Nutt. 

 Distomomischus myuros Dulac, Fl. Haut. 



Pyr. 91. 1867. Based on Vulpia 



myuros K. Gmel. 

 Zerna myuros Panz. ex Jacks., Ind. Kew. 



2: 1249. 1895, as synonym of Festuca 



myuros L. 

 (20) Festuca obtusa Bieler, PI. Nov. Herb. 



Spreng. Cent. 11. 1807. Pennsylvania, 



Muhlenberg. Name only, Muhl., Amer. 



Phil. Soc. Trans. 3 : 161. 1793. Pennsyl- 

 vania. 

 Poa laxa Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 183. 



1791. Not P. laxa Haenke, 1791. 



Virginia. 

 Panicum divaricatum Michx., Fl. Bor. 



Amer. 1 : 50. 1803. Not P. divaricatum 



L., 1753. Carolina. (Michaux's plant an 



old specimen with all but the lowest 



floret fallen from the spikelets.) 

 Poa subverticillata Pers., Syn. Pi. 1: 92. 



1805. Based on Poa laxa Lam. 

 Panicum gracilentum Poir. in Lam., 



Encycl. Sup. 4: 276. 1816. Cultivated 



in Paris botanic garden. 

 Panicum debile Poir. in Lam., Encycl. 



Sup. 4: 283. 1816. Not P. debile Desf., 



1798. Based on P. divaricatum Michx. 

 Panicum patentissimum Roem. and 



Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 448. 1817. Not 



P. patentissimum Desv., 1816. Based 



on P. divaricatum Michx. 

 Schedonorus obtusus Bieler ex Roem. and 



Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 710. 1817. Based 



on Festuca obtusa Bieler. 

 Poa festucoides LeConte ex Torr. in 



Eaton, Man. Bot. ed. 2. 367. 1818. 



New York, LeConte. 

 Poa brachiata Desv., Opusc. 100. 1831. 



Based on Panicum divaricatum Michx. 

 Festuca pseudoduriuscula Steud., Syn. PI. 



Glum. 1: 312. 1854. Texas, Drum- 



mond 398. 

 Steinchisma divaricatum Raf. ex. Jacks., 



Ind. Kew. 2: 982. 1895, as doubtful 



synonym of Panicum debile. Rafmesque 



(Bui. Bot. Seringe 1: 220. 1830) cites 



Panicum divaricatum [Michx.] under 



Steinchisma, but does not transfer the 



name. 

 Festuca nutans palustris Muhl. ex Piper, 



U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 10: 34. 



1906, as synonym of F. obtusa "Spreng." 

 Festuca obtusa var. sprengeliana St.-Yves, 



Candollea 2: 276. 1925. Based on F. 



obtusa Bieler. 

 (29) Festuca occidentalis Hook., Fl. Bor. 



Amer. 2: 249. 1840. Mouth of Colum- 

 bia River, Scouler, Douglas. 

 Festuca ovina var. polyphylla Vasey ex 



Beal, Grasses N. Amer. 2: 597. 1896. 



Cascade Mountains, Oreg., Howell. 

 (1) Festuca octoflora Walt., Fl. Carol. 81. 



1788. South Carolina. 

 Festuca setacea Poir. in Lam., Encyl. Sup. 



2: 638. 1811. Grown in Jardin du Val 



de Grace, France, source unknown. 



[?Carolina, Bosc] 

 Festuca parviflora Ell., Bot. S. C. and Ga. 



1: 170. 1816. Orangeburg, S. C. 

 Diarrhena setacea Roem. and Schult., 



Syst. Veg. 1: 289. 1817. Based on 



Festuca setacea Poir. 

 Festuca octoflora var. aristulata Torr. ex 



L. H. Dewey, U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 



2: 547. 1894. Texas, Nealley. 

 Vulpia octoflora Rydb., Torrey Bot. Club 



Bui. 36: 538. 1909. Based on Festuca 



octoflora Walt. 

 Gnomomia octoflora Lunell, Amer. Mid. 



Nat. 4: 224. 1915. Based on Festuca 



octoflora Walt. 

 Festuca octoflora var. glauca (Nutt.) 



Fernald, Rhodora 34: 209. 1932. 



Based on F. tenella var. glauca Nutt. 

 Festuca tenella var. glauca Nutt., Amer. 



Phil. Soc. Trans, (n.s.) 5: 147. 1837. 



Fort Smith, Ark., Nuttall. 

 Vulpia octoflora var. glauca Fernald, 



Rhodora 47: 107. 1945. Based on 



Festuca tenella var. glauca Nutt. 

 Festuca octoflora var. hirtella Piper, 



U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 10: 12. 



1906. Santa Catalina Mountains, Ariz., 



Shear 1962. (Published as F. octoflora 



subsp. hirtella.) 

 Festuca pusilla Buckl., Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. Proc. 1862: 98. 1862. Califor- 

 nia, Nuttall. 

 Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella Henr., 



Blumea 2 : 320. 1937. Based on Festuca 



octoflora subsp. hirtella Piper. 

 Festuca octoflora var. tenella (Willd.) 



Fernald, Rhodora 34: 209. 1932. 



Based on F. tenella Willd. 

 Festuca tenella Willd., Sp. PI. 1: 419. 



1797. North America [Pennsylvania]. 



Name only, Muhl., Amer. Phil. Soc. 



Trans. 3: 161. 1793. 

 Schedonorus tenellus Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 



99, 163, 177. 1812. Based on Festuca 



tenella Willd. 

 Brachy podium festucoides Link, Enum. PL 



1: 95. 1821. Based on Festuca tenella 



L. (error for Willd.) 

 Vulpia tenella Heynh., Nom. 1: 854. 



1840. Based on Festuca tenella Willd. 

 Festuca tenella var. aristulata Torr., U. S, 



Expl. Miss. Pacif. Rpt. 4: 156. 1856. 



Name only. Napa Valley, Calif., 



Bigelow. 

 Festuca gracilenta Buckl., Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. Proc. 1862: 97. 1862. Northern 



Texas, Buckley. 



