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7. Aristida eggersii Hitche., Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herb. 22: 560. 
1924. Cuba, Eggers 5389. 
Culms tufted, slender, spreading or decumbent at base, 20 to 40 
em tall; blades involute, faleate or flexuous, mostly less than 10 cm 
long, often much shorter; panicle narrow, 3 to 10 cm long, the branches 
distant, short and appressed, few-flowered; glumes unequal, the first 
5 to 6 mm long, about half as long as the second; lemma about 1 cm 
long, including the 1 mm long callus, gradually narrowed and scaberu- 
lous above; awns about equal, 2 to 2.5 om long, all spreading nearly 
horizontally, flat at base and scarcely contorted. Ekman’s no. 
H 13158 agrees with this description except that the glumes are longer 
(about 8 and 13 mm). 
Pastures and exposed hillsides, Cuba and Hispaniola. 
Cusa: Guanténamo, Ekman 10227, 15755; Britton 2177. La 
Caimanera, Eggers 5389; Kkman 15742. 
Dominican Repusuic: Monte Cristi, Ekman H 13158. 
8. Aristida neglecta Léon; Hitche., Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herb. 22: 
567. 1924. Loma de las Jatas, Guanabacoa, Cuba, HKkman in 
LODE 
Culms loosely tufted, erect, wiry, several-noded, 40 to 60 cm tall; 
sheaths shorter than the internodes, distributed along the culm; 
blades stiff and firm, soon involute, sharp- pointed, usually not over 
5 cm long, often shorter, less than 1 mm wide, or some of the earlier 
ones wider; panicles narrow, 5 to 10 cm long, the branches distant, 
rather stiffly ascending, 1 to 2 em long, bearing 1 or 2 branchlets at 
base, few-flowered; glumes equal or nearly so, 7 to 9 mm long, acumi- 
nate or awn-pointed; lemma about 1 cm long, the callus less than 1 mm 
long, the body glabrous, gradually tapering into a scabrous twisted 
beak as long as or a little longer than the body; awns about equal, 
divergent, 10 to 15 mm long, slightly or distinetly contorted at base. 
With age the lower sheaths become open or flattened, and often lose 
their blades, giving the culms a naked knotty appearance. 
Sandy savannas, pine barrens, and dry hills, Cuba and Hispaniola. 
Cusa: Guane, Shafer 10364, 10630; Léon 7030, 7031. Pinar del 
Rio, Mitchcock 23254, 23261, 23304, 23312. Vinales, Killip 13572. 
Herradura, Ekman 17731. Remates, Ekman 11165, 11300, 11339. 
San Diego de los Bafios, Léon 4844; Ekman 17763. La Grifa, Ekman 
11244. San Juan, Hkman 16785. Mantua, Ekman 11083. Consola- 
cién del Sur, Ekman 10868. San Juan y Martinez, Ekman 13793. 
Guanabacoa, Léon 871, 872, 874, 2875, 5015; Hitchcock 500, 23236; 
Wilson and Léon 11645; Ekman 45, 10897. Madruga, Léon 3455, 
6374. Minas, Léon 5213. Soledad, Mitchcock 23328. Baragua, 
Hitchcock 23365. Placetas del Sur, Léon 6425. Manacos, Léon 5834. 
Sancti Spiritus, Léon 8993. Motembo, Léon 8639. Camagiiey, Ekman 
15323. Holguin, Shafer 1183. Guara, Hitchcock 23408. Victoria de 
las Tunas, Ekman 15584. Caimanera, Hioram and Ramsden 7. East- 
ern Cuba, Wright 737. Western Cuba, Wright 3433. Isla de Pinos, 
Britton and Wilson 14414. 
Haiti: Marmelade, Leonard 8248. St. Michel del’ Atalaye, Leonard 
7291, 7422, 7795. Mirebalais, Ekman H 2294. Camache, Bueh 1075. 
Dominican Repusiic: Moncion, Hkman H 12635. Santiago, 
Ekman H 16221. 
