156 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Grassy slopes, West Indies and southern Mexico to Paraguay. 
The Cuban name is “‘cafiuela de sabana.”’ 
Cupa: Pinar del Rio, Row 3154. Sancti Spiritus, Léon 6526. 
Baraguaé, Hitchcock 23382. Caibarién, Hkman 16309. San Serapio, 
Léon 16202. Bayate, Hkman 6734. San Juan de Buenavista, 
Wright 3478. Loma Menqura, Shafer 3981. 
JAMAICA: Nevis Bank, Harris 11519. Troy, Harris 12652; Hitch- 
cock 9814. Newcastle, Ridley 74.. Gordon Town, Hitchcock 9326. 
Upper Clarendon, Harris 12247. Abbey Green, Hitchcock 9383. 
Flamstead, Harris 11462; Hggers 3514. Berwick, Harris 11452, 
11533. 
Haitr: Plaisance, Leonard 9415. Ennery, Leonard 8968. Marme- 
lade, Leonard 8220. Caille la Croix, Leonard 7860. Furcy, Leonard 
4467. Pétionville, Ekman H 1833. Mirebalais, Ekman H 5509. 
Dominican Repusuic: Cuenca, Hkman H 11062. Sanchez, Ekman 
H 14733. Pimentel, Abbott 668. Without locality, Wright, Parry, 
and Brummel 626. 
Purerto Rico: Maricao, Britton and Cowell 4089; Sintenis 361. 
Utuado, Barrett 101; Britton and Cowell 895. Lares, Chase 6594. 
Ponce, Heller 6256. Aguada, Sintenis 5797. Mayaguez, Chase 6815; 
Heller 4355; Holm 75. Caguas, Heller 934. 
LrEWARD Isuanps: Guadeloupe, Duss 4153. Dominica, Jones 2. 
WINDWARD IsuaNps: Martinique, Duss 559. 
TRINIDAD: St. Joseph, Hitchcock 10182; Broadway 9347. San Fer- 
nando, Hitchcock 10109. Without locality, Bot. Gard. Herb. 3227, 
dol. 
Toxsaco: Broadway 4620; Hitchcock 10277, 10280 (Amer. Gr. Nat. 
Herb. 289). 
2. Arundinelia deppeana Nees, in Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum1:115. 1854. 
Mexico. 
Arundinella phragmitoides Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cuba 234. 1866. 
Cuba, Wright 3479. 
Culms erect, as much as 2.5 m tall; sheaths appressed-pilose, espe- 
cially toward summit; blades flat, as much as 2.5 cm wide; panicle as 
much as 70 cm long, the branches ascending, very numerous, closely 
overlapping, mostly 10 to 15 cm long; spikelets approximate on the 
branches, overlapping, 4 to 5 mm long; awn about 1 cm long. 
Moist places, Cuba; Mexico to Brazil. 
Cupa: Pinar del Rio, Britton 10048; Palmer and Riley 70. San 
Blas, Jack 6457. San Diego, Léon 4847. Madruga, Curtrss 662. 
Santa Clara, Léon 3973. Manacas, Léon 5916. El Porvenir, Brition 
and Wilson 5282. Without locality, Otto 268; Wright 3479. San 
Miguel de los Bafios, Killip 138844. Cayajabos, Léon 13224. 
3. Arundinella berteroniana (Schult.) Hitchc. and Chase, Contrib. 
U.S. Natl. Herb: 18: 290. coi 
Trichochloa berteroniana Schult., Mant. 2: 209. 1824. Santo 
Domingo. 
Muhlenbergia berteroniana Kunth, Rév. Gram. 1: 64. 1829. 
Arundinella cubensis Griseb., Mem. Amer. Acad. (m. s.) 8: 538. 
1862. Cuba, Wright 1552. 
Smaller and more slender than A. deppeana; blades often folded or 
et usually less than 5 mm wide; panicle less dense and fewer 
owered. 
