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Erochloe amabilis Raf.; Jacks., Ind. Kew. 2: 886. 1893, as synonym of Eragros- 

 tis Poa amabilis L. 

 Erochloe spectabilis Raf.; Jacks., Ind. Kew. 2: 886. 1893, as synonym of 



Eragrostis amabilis. 

 Eragrostis ciliaris var. patens Chapm.; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 479. 1896. 



Jesup, Ga., Curtiss 3493*. 

 Eragrostis tenella var. plumosa Stapf, in Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 7: 315. 1896. 



Based on Poa plumosa Retz. 

 Eragrostis amabilis var. plumosa E. G. and A. Camus in Lecomte, Fl. Gen. Ind.- 



Chin. 7: 557. 1923. Based on Poa plumosa Retz. 

 (29) Eragrostis arida Hitchc, Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 23: 449. 1933. Del Rio, 



Tex., Hitchcock 13650. 

 (46) Eragrostis bahiensis Schrad.; Schult., Mant. 2: 318. 1824. Brazil. 

 (25) Eragrostis barrelieri Daveau, in Morot., Jour. Bot. 8: 289. 1894. Southern 



Europe. 

 (5) Eragrostis beyrichii J. G. Smith, Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 6: 117. pi. 56. 1895. 



"Arkansas", Beyrich in 1834, but there is no recent record from that State. 



In 1834 the boundaries were as at present, but earlier included parts of 



Texas. 

 (14) Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees, Agrost. Bras. 505. 1829. Based on 



Poa capillaris L. 

 Poa capillaris L., Sp. PI. 68. 1753. Canada, Kalm. 

 Poa tenuis Ell., Bot. S.C. and Ga. 1: 156. 1816. South Carolina. 

 Eragrostis tenuis Steud., Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 273. 1854. Based on Poa tenuis 



EU. 

 (45) Eragrostis chariis (Schult.) Hitchc, Lingnan Sci. Jour. 7: 193. 1931. 



Based on Poa chariis Schult. 

 Poa elegans Roxb., Hort. Beng. 82; Fl. Ind. 1: 339. 1820. Not P. elegans Poir., 



1804. India. 

 Poa chariis Schult., Mant. 2: 314. 1824. Based on P. elegans Roxb. 

 Poa elegantula Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 114. 1829. Based on P. elegans Roxb. 

 Eragrostis elegantula Nees; Steud., Syn. PL Glum. 1: 266. 1854. Not E. 



elegantula Nees, 1851. Based on Poa elegantula Kunth. 

 Eragrostis chloromelas Steud., Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 271. 1854. Based on the 



species described under E. atrovirens by Nees, that name based on Poa 



atrovirens Desf., a different species. 

 (23) Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Link; Vign. Lut., Malpighia 18: 386. 1904. 



Based on Poa cilianensis All. 

 Briza eragrostis L., Sp. PI. 70. 1753. Europe. 

 Poa cilianensis All., Fl. Pedem. 2: 246. 1785. Italy. 

 IBriza caroliniana Walt., Fl. Carol. 79. 1788. Not B. caroliniana Lam. 



South Carolina. 

 Poa megastachya Koel., Descr. Gram. 181. 1802. Based on Briza eragrostis L. 

 Eragrostis major Host, Icon. Gram. Austr. 4: 14. pi. 24. 1809; Fl. Austr. 1: 135. 



1827. Austria. 

 Briza purpurascens Muhl., Descr. Gram. 154. 1817. Carolina. 

 Poa obtusa Nutt., Gen. PL 1: 67. 1818. Not P. obtusa Muhl., 1817. Phila- 

 delphia, Barton. 

 Poa pennsylvanica Nutt., Gen. PL 2: errata. 1818. Based on P. obtusa Nutt. 

 Poa philadelphica Barton, Compend. Fl. Phila. 1: 62. 1818. Based on P. 



obtusa Nutt. 

 Megastachya obtusa Schult., Mant. 2: 326. 1824. Based on Poa obtusa Nutt. 

 Megastachya purpurascens Schult., Mant. 2: 326. 1824. Based on Briza pur- 

 purascens Muhl. 

 Poa nuttallii Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 344. 1825. Based on P. obtusa Nutt. 

 Calotheca purpurascens Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 348. 1825. Based on Briza 



purpurascens Muhl. 

 Eragrostis megastachya Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 187. 1827. Based on Poa mega- 

 stachya Koel. 

 Briza megastachya Steud., Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 225. 1840, as synonym of Poa 



megastachya. 

 Eragrostis vulgaris var. megastachya Coss. and Germ., Fl. Env. Paris 2: 641. 



1845. Based on Poa megastachya Koel. 

 Eragrostis poaeoides var. megastachya A. Gray, Man. ed. 2. 563. 1856. Based 



on E. megastachya Link. 

 Eragrostis virletii Fourn., Mex. PL 2: 116. 1886. San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 



Virlet 1391. 



