MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



897 



1941. Presumably based on Avena 

 smithii Porter. 

 (6) Melica spectabilis Scribn., Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 45. pi. 1. f. 

 11, 12, 13. 1885. Montana, Crow 

 Mountains, Scribner 385 [type]; Bose- 

 man Pass, Canby 368. Colorado, Porter 

 in 1872. Yellowstone Park, Parry 295. 

 Nevada (erroneously given as Utah), 

 Watson 1303. Idaho, Watson 455. The 

 synonyms cited by Scribner are erron- 

 eous, "M. bulbosa S. Wats., Bot. King 

 Exp. 383" being an error for M. 

 poaeoides Nutt., Bot. King Exp. 383; 

 "Porter and Coulter Fl. Colorado 149." 

 refers to the valid M. bulbosa. 

 Melica scabrata Scribn. in Piper, Fl. 

 Palouse 25. 1901. Pullman, Wash., 

 Piper 1745. 



(10) Melica stricta Boland., Calif. Acad. 

 Sci. Proc. 3: 4. 1863. Silver City, 

 Nev., Dunn. 

 Melica stricta var. albicaulis Boyle, Ma- 

 drono 8: 24. 1945. San Antonio 

 Mountains, Calif., /. M. Johnston 1516. 



(4) Melica subulata (Griseb.) Scribn., Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 47. 1885. 

 Based on Bromus subulatus Griseb. 

 Bromus subulatus Griseb. in Ledeb., Fl. 

 Ross. 4: 358. 1853. Unalaska, Esch- 

 scholtz. 

 Melica acuminata Boland, Calif. Acad. 

 Sci. Proc. 4: 104. 1870. Mendocino 

 County, Calif., Bolander 4698. 

 Festuca acerosa Trin. ex A. Gray, Amer. 

 Acad. Sci. Proc. 8: 410. 1872, as syn- 

 onym of Bromus subulatus Griseb. 

 Melica poaeoides var. acuminata Boland. 

 ex Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 

 1885: 47. 1885, as synonym of M. 

 subulata Scribn. California, Bolander 

 4698. 

 Bromelica subulata Farwell, Rhodora 21: 

 78. 1919. The name is based on Festuca 

 subulata Bong., doubtless an error for 

 Bromus subulatus Griseb., since Melica 

 acuminata Boland is also cited. 

 This is the species to which Scribner 



(U.S. Dept, Agr., Div. Agrost, Cir. 30: 8. 



1901.) applied the name Melica cepacea 



Scribn., based on Festuca cepacea Phil., a 



Chilean species of Melica. 



(15) Melica torreyana Scribn., Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 43. pi. 1. f. 3, 4. 

 1885. California, Bigelow in 1853-4. 

 Melica imperfecta var. sesquiflora Torr. 

 ex Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 

 1885: 43. 1885, as synonym of M. 

 torreyana, a herbarium name given to 

 a specimen collected by Bigelow in 

 California in 1853-4. 



Tristegis glutinosa Nees, Horae Phys. 



Berol. 47, 54. pi. 7. 1820. Brazil. 

 Panicum minutiflorum Raspail, Ann. Sci. 



Nat., Bot. 5: 299. 1825. Based on 



Melinis minutiflora Beauv. 

 Panicum melinis Trin., Acad. St. Petersb. 



Mem. VI. Sci. Nat, 1: 291. 1834. 



Based on Melinis minutiflora Beauv. 

 Muhlenbergia brasiliensis Steud., Syn. PI. 



Glum. 1: 177. 1854. Bahia, Brazil, 



Salzmann [652]. 

 Agrostis polypogon Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. 



PI. Glum. 1 : 177. 1854, as synonym of 



Muhlenbergia brasiliensis. 



Mibora minima (L.) Desv., Obs. Angers 45. 

 1818. Based on Agrostis minima L. 

 Agrostis minima L., Sp. PI. 63. 1753. 

 France. 



(102) MICROCHLOA R. Br. 



(1) Microchloa kunthii Desv., Opusc. 75. 

 1831. Mexico, Humboldt and Bonpland. 

 Paspalum tenuissimum Jones, West. Bot. 

 Contrib. 18: 24. 1935. Baja Califor- 

 nia, Jones 27584. 



(152) MICROSTEGIUM Nees 



(1) Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. 



Camus, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 68: 201. 



1921. Based on Andropogon vimineus 



Trin. 

 Andropogon vimineus Trin., Acad. St. 



Petersb. Mem. VI. Math. Phys. Nat. 



2: 268. 1832. Nepal. 

 Microstegium willdenovianum Nees in 



Lindl., Nat, Syst. Bot. (ed. 2 of his 



Introd. Bot.) 447. 1836. Nepal. 

 Pollinia willdenoviana Benth., Linn. Soc. 



Jour., Bot, 19: 67. 1881. Based on 



Microstegium willdenovianum Nees. 

 Pollinia imberbis var. willdenoviana Hack. 



in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 178. 1889. 



Based on Microstegium willdenovianum 



Nees. 

 Eulalia viminea Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 



775. 1891. Based on Andropogon 



vimineus Trin. 

 Pollinia viminea Merr., Enum. Philipp. 



PI. 1 : 35. 1922. Based on Andropogon 



vimineus Trin. 

 Microstegium vimineum var. imberbe 



(Nees) Honda, Tokyo Univ. Facult, 



Sci. Jour. Sec. 3. Bot. 3: 408. 1930. 



Based on Pollinia imberbis Nees. 

 Pollinia imberbis Nees in Steud., Syn. PI. 



Glum. 1:410. 1855. Nepal. 

 Eulalia viminea var. variabilis Kuntze, 



Rev. Gen. PI. 2:775. 1891. Sikkim. 



(126) MELINIS Beauv. 



(1) Melinis minutiflora Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 

 54. pi. 11. f. 4. 1812. Rio de Janeiro, 

 Brazil. 



(88) MILIUM L. 



(1) Milium effusum L., Sp. PI. 61. 1753. 

 Europe. 

 Miliarium effusum Moench, Meth. PI. 



