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and is probably the species Beauvois had 

 in mind. Lamarck's description suggests 

 Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Scribner, 

 which was collected by Michaux and de- 

 scribed by him as Aira melicoides. 



Deyeuxia halleriana Vasey, Grasses U. S. 

 Descr. Cat. 50. 1885. Name only for a speci- 

 men from Washington Territory. 



Digitaria setigera Roth in Roem. and 

 Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 474. 1817. "India 

 orientali, Heyne." Link (Hort. Berol. 1: 225. 

 1827.) uses this name for D. horizontalis 

 Willd., giving "Brasilia" as locality. The 

 name is used in the same sense by Grisebach 

 (Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 544. 1864.) and by 

 others. So far as known, S. horizontalis has 

 not been found in India. 



Dilepyrum angustifolium Raf., Med. Fl. 

 2: 249. 1830. Name only, Dilepyrum is 

 change of name for "Orizopsis Michx." 



Eleusine ciliata Raf., Precis Decour. 

 Somiol. 45. 1814. Name only. 



Eragrostis alba Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1 : 279. 

 1830. "Monte-Rey, California," Haenke. 

 Locality erroneous, the plant probably col- 

 lected in Peru. 



Eragrostis caroliniana Scribn., Torrey 

 Bot. Club Bui. 5: 49. 1894. Based on Poa 

 caroliniana Bieler. 



Eragrostis lugens var. major Vasey ex 

 L. H. Dewey, U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 2: 

 542. 1894. "Texas to Arizona and east- 

 ward to Florida." 



Eragrostis pilosa var. caroliniana FarweU, 

 Mich. Acad. Sci. Rpt, 17: 182. 1916. 

 Based on Poa caroliniana Bieler. 



Festuca duriuscula var. pubiculmis Hack, 

 ex Rohlena, Sitzb. Bohm. Ges. Wiss. Math. 

 Naturw. CI. 24: 4. 1899, descr. in Bohe- 

 mian. "Roztok" [Bohemia]. This name, 

 published as a new combination by Far- 

 well, Mich. Acad. Sci. Papers 26: 7. 1940, 

 based on "Festuca ovina var. pubiculmis 

 Hackel," error for F. ovina var. pubiculmis 

 (Hack.) Aschers. and Graebn., Syn. Mitte- 

 leur. Fl. 2: 470. 1900. Specimens so named 

 by Farwell in his herbarium in Cranbrook 

 Institute are F. rubra. 



Festuca glabra Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 353. 

 1825. Not F. glabra Lightf., 1777. Long 

 Island, N. Y. The descripton suggests 

 Puccinellia distans (L.) Pari. 



Flexularia compressa Raf., Jour. Phys. 

 Chym. 89: 105. 1819. Kentucky and 

 Ohio. 



Hokus tener Schreb. ex Muhl., Amer. 

 Phil. Soc. Trans. 3: 182. 1793. Name only. 



Koeleria airoides Nutt. ex Steud., Nom. 

 Bot. 456. 1821. Name only. Referred 

 doubtfully in Index Kewensis to Arundo 

 airoides Lam. 



Leptopyrum tenellum Raf., Med. Repos. 

 N. Y. 5: 351. 1808. [United States.] Name 

 only. 



Lolium canadense Michx. ex Brouss., 

 Elench. PI. Hort. Monsp. 35. 1805, name 

 only; Roem. and Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 893. 



1817. Grown in Montpellier. The description 

 rather suggests a tall plant of L. perenne L, 

 Lolium temulentum var. canadense Wood, 

 Amer. Bot. and Flor. pt. 2: 406. 1871, 

 based on this. 



Melica altissima Walt., Fl. Carol. 78. 

 1788. Not M. altissima L., 1753. (See Hitch- 

 cock, Mo. Bot. Gard. Rpt. 16: 47. 1905.) 



Muhlenbergia anemagrostoides Trin. ex 

 Steud., Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 164. 1841. 

 America. Name only. 



Muhlenbergia sylvatica var. vulpina Wood, 

 Amer. Bot. and Flor. pt. 2: 86. 1871. 

 New York, Lord. 



Paneion buckleyanum var. maius Lunell, 

 Amer. Midi. Nat. 4: 222. 1915. Change of 

 name for "Poa tenuifolia var. maior 

 (Vasey)," but that name was never pub- 

 lished, and no specimen so named by Vasey 

 can be found. 



Panicum americanum L., Sp. PI. 56. 

 1753. America. This name and Pennisetum 

 americanum Schum., based on it, have been 

 used for P. glaucum (L.) R. Br. The original 

 description is unidentifiable, probably based 

 on a confusion of two or more species. 

 (See Chase, U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 22: 

 218. 1921; Amer. Jour. Bot. 8: 43. 192L) 



Panicum anomalum Walt., Fl. Carol. 72. 

 1788. South Carolina. A species of Setaria. 

 (See Hitchcock, Mo. Bot. Gard. Rpt, 16: 35. 

 1905.) 



Panicum barbatum LeConte ex Torr., in 

 Eaton, Man. Bot. ed. 2. 342. 1818. Not P. 

 barbatum Lam., 1791. New York. The des- 

 cription rather suggests P. barbulatum 

 Michx. 



Panicum cartilagineum Muhl., Descr. 

 Gram. 128. 1817. Georgia. (See Hitchcock, 

 Bartonia 14: 41. 1932.) 



Panicum debile Torr. ex Steud., Nom. 

 Bot. ed. 2. 2: 255, 262. 1841. Not P. 

 debile Desf., 1798. As synonym of P. 

 pubescens Lam. 



Panicum densum Muhl., Descr. Gram. 

 122. 1817. No locality given. The descrip- 

 tion suggests one of the Lanuginosa group. 



Panicum dichotomum var. curvatum Torr., 

 FL North, and Mid. U. S. 145. 1824. No 

 locality given. 



Panicum dichotomum var. gracile Torr., 

 Fl. North, and Mid. U. S. 145. 1824. 

 "Common in swamps, New York." 



Panicum dichotomum var. pubescens Mun- 

 ro, in Benth., PI. Hartw. 341. 1857. 

 Sacramento, Calif., Hartweg. Name only. 



Panicum dichotomum var. spathaceum 

 Wood, Amer. Bot. and Flor. pt. 2: 393. 

 1871. No locality mentioned. 



Panicum discolor Bieler, PL Nov. Herb. 

 Spreng. Cent, 4. 1807. Pennsylvania. A 

 species of the subgenus Dichanthelium. 



Panicum elliottii Spreng. ex Steud., 

 Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 256. 1841. Not P. 

 elliottii Trin., 1829. As synonym of P. 

 pubescens [Lam., p. 262]. 



Panicum fimbriatum Willd. ex Spreng., 



