George Thurber and William Munro Gramineae papers, circa 1850-1892
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Arejuda Bigelow, No 1846. No 2: Specifurni Aristida junceura, Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3, (1837) Fruin & Dupr. Stip. p. 107. A great number of specimens of this very Variable species occur in the collections from different localities & none of them seem to be Precisely The typical form of Nuttall - though The extremes of the varieties mentioned below differ widely in size, in the branching of the panic- le & length of awns. None seem to be no good characters to force warrant their separation into species as one might be disposed to do without the very abundant materials in our possession. Berlandier: D. Farkern, "Bugs contracted almost delicate, glumes short-lidate" Fruin & Dupr. l.c. Texas & New Mexico, Bigelow Oct. 22, 1850 & Bravida del Norte [a somewhat searing form] July 1852. These agree with the Berlandier specimens, No 1777 cited by Fruin Dupr. (see #47, 949) Wright 2005, XX & col of 1851-52 (i no 743, 1849) These agree with the specimens No 1777 of Berlandier's collection, cited by Fruin Dupr. Chunulus 457, 949, 2379 & 2551. If Berlandier's collections are the same. Var. p. Itokeri, "shorter. Verticals of awns more remote, glumes entire or denticulate at the apex." Fruin & Dupr. l.c. (Wright, Novs. 2003, 2004, 2006[?] & 20015 //1851-52); Bigelow on the Limpia & at Camp Bucke, Texas [?].