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(7) Aristida orcuttiana Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 27. 1886. Hansen's 

 Ranch, Baja California, Orcutt [507]. 

 Aristida hypomegas Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 17: 146. 1921. New 



Mexico, Bigelow [34]. 

 This species has been referred to A. schiediana Trin. and Rupr., a Mexican 

 species not known from the United States. 

 (20) Aristida pansa Woot. and Standi., Contrib. U.S.Natl. Herb. 16: 112. 



1913. Tortugas Mountain, N.Mex., Wooton. 

 (33) Aristida parishii Hitchc, in Jepson, Fl. Calif. 1: 101. 1912. Agua Caliente, 



Calif., Parish Brothers 1029a. 

 (19) Aristida patula Chapm.; Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 98. 1896. 

 Based on A. scabra as described by Chapman (Fl. South. U.S. ed. 2. 663. 

 1883), not Kunth. Florida, Chapman. 

 (32) Aristida purpurascens Poir., in Lam., Encycl. Sup. 1: 452. 1810. South 

 Carolina, Bosc. 

 Chaetaria purpurascens Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 30, 152, 158. 1812. Based on 



Aristida purpurascens Poir. 

 Aristida elliottiana Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 133. 1854. Based on A. stricta 



as described by Elliott, not Michx. 

 Aristida geyeriana Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 133, 1854. Illinois, Geyer. 

 Aristida stricta Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 133. 1854. Not A. stricta Michx., 



1803. As synonym of A. geyeriana Steud. Illinois. 

 Aristida purpurascens var. minor Vasey, Contrib. U.S.Natl.Herb. 1: 46. 



1892. [Horn Island, Miss., Tracy 1564.] 

 Aristida purpurascens glaucissima Kearney; Scribn. and Ball, U.S.Dept.Agr., 

 Div. Agrost. BuU. 24: 45. 1901. Biloxi, Miss., Kearney 321. 



(23) Aristida purpurea Nutt., Amer. Phil. Soc. Trans, (n.s.) 5: 145. 1837. 

 Red River, Ark. [Nuttall]. 



Aristida purpurea var. hookeri Trin. and Rupr., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 



Sci. Nat. 5 1 : 107. 1842. Texas, Drummond 293. 

 Aristida purpurea var. berlandieri Trin. and Rupr., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 



VI. Sci. Nat. 5 1 : 107. 1842. Bejar [Bexar], Tex., Berlandier 1777. 

 Aristida aequiramea Scheele, Linnaea 22: 343. 1849. New Braunfels, Tex., 



Lindheimer [562]. 

 Aristida filipendula BuckL, Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila. Proc. 1862: 93. 1863. 



Western Texas [Buckley, the locality being northern Texas]. 

 Aristida purpurea var. californi[c]a Vasey, Contrib. U.S.Natl.Herb. 3: 47. 



1892. California [Capay Valley, Lemmon 5474]. 

 Aristida fasciculata var. californica Vasey; L. H. Dewey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. 



Herb. 2: 515. 1894. Presumably based on A. purpurea var. californica 



Vasey. 

 Aristida fasciculata var. hookeri L. H. Dewey, Contrib. U.S.Natl.Herb. 



2: 515. 1894. Presumably based on A. purpurea var. hookeri Trin. and 



Rupr. 

 Aristida longiseta hookeri Merr., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Circ. 34: 5. 1901. 



Based on A. purpurea var. hookeri Trin. and Rupr. 

 Aristida purpurea aequiramea Merr., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Circ. 34: 



7. 1901. Based on A. aequiramea Scheele. 



Aristida purpurea capillarifolia Merr., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Circ. 34: 



8. 1901. Texas, Nealley. 



Aristida berlandieri Hitchc, Contrib. U.S.Natl.Herb. 17: 280. 1913. Based 



on A. purpurea var. berlandieri Trin. and Rupr. 



Aristida purpurea var. laxiflora Merr., U.S.Dept.Agr., Div. Agrost. Circ. 34: 



8. 1901. Texas, Reverchon 12. (Published as A. purpurea laxiflora.) 



(12) Aristida ramosissima Engelm.; A. Gray, Man. ed. 2. 550. 1856. Illinois, 



Engelmann [type] and Kentucky. 



Aristida ramosissima var. uniaristata A. Gray, Man. ed. 5. 618. 1867. Odin, 



111., Vasey. 

 Aristida ramosissima var. chaseana Henr., Med. Rijks Herb. Leiden. 54B: 

 498. 1928. Lake Charles, La., Chase 4411. 

 (31) Aristida rhizomophora Swallen, Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: 196. f. 1. 1929. 

 North of Lake Okeechobee, Fla., Weatherwax 1081. 



(24) Aristida roemeriana Scheele, Linnaea 22: 343. 1849. New Braunfels, 

 Tex., Romer. 



Aristida muhlenbergioides Fourn., Mex. PL 2: 79. 1886. Mexico, Virlet 

 1424, Karwinsky 1008. 



