3. DIGITARIA EGGERSII (Hack.) Henrard, Blumea 1 (1): 97. 1934.

Panicum eggersii Hack., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 292. 1901. Valota eggersii (Hack.) Hitchc. & Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18 (7): 292. 1917. Trichachne eggersii (Hack.) Henrard, Meded. Rijks-Herb. 61: 10. 1930.

— TYPE: Indiae Occidentalis, Insula Antillarum, St. Thomas, Cowells Hill, 70 m, Nov 1880, (Flora exsiccata Indiae Occidentalis, edidit, A. Toepffer 295) B. Eggers s. n. (holotype: W!; isotypes: K!, P!) . Figure 4.

Iconography — Henrard (1950: 207, spikelet and upper floret).

Geographical Distribution and Ecology — Caribbean. Collected in slopes near hills, from sea level to 300 m.