28 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Haiti: Furey Leonard 4303, 4369, 4446, 4506, 4514, 4515; Buch 
1675, 1463. Pétionville, Ekman H 1114. Badeau, Ekman H 7615. 
Festuca ELATIOR L., Sp. Pl. 75. 1753. Mrapow Fescur. An 
erect perennial with awnless spikelets, frequently cultivated in the 
Plant, X 1; two views of floret, X 10 (Cocks), 
Ficur& 9.—Scleropoa riyida. 
United States as a meadow grass; represented from Jamaica by a 
specimen without locality (Hart 743). 
9. SCLEROPOA Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rum. 2: 431. 1844 
Spikelets small, loosely several-flowered, turned to one side, short 
pediceled; glumes and lemmas firm, with scarious tips. Low decum- 
bent or ascending annuals. 
