

CATALOGUE OF SPECIES. 219 



Festuca microstachys Nutt. PL Gamb. 187 (1848). Typo locality, "Pueblo de 

 los Angeles, Upper California." 



In the Vegas Wash (No. 419), and near Willow Creek, Pauamint Mountains (No. 

 775). 



Festuca ovina brevifolia (R. Br.)Cblor. Melv. 289 (1823), as F. irevifolia; Wats. 

 Bot. King Surv. 389 (1871). Type locality, "Melville Island." 

 Above timber-line near Mount Whitney (No. 20G5). 



Glyceria nervata (Willd.) Sp. PL i. 389 (1797), under Poa; Trin. Mem. Acad. 

 St. Pet. ser. G. i. 365 (1831). Type locality, " in America boreali." 

 Valley of the Kaweah River (No. 1352). 



Glyceria pauciflora Presl, Rel. Hacnk. i. 257 (1830). Type locality, "in sinu 

 Nootka," Vancouver Island. 

 Whituey Meadows (No. 1G76.) 



Bromus orcuttianus Vasey, Bot. Gaz. x. 223 (1885). Type locality, "on the 

 mountains near San Diego," California. 

 Valley of Kaweah River (No. 1346). 



Hordeum jubatum L. Sp. PL i. 85 (1753). Type locality, "in Canada." 

 Valley of the Virgin River (No. 1922). 



Hordeum maritimum With. Bot. Arr. i. 172 (177G). 

 Tehachapi Valley (No. 1130). 



Hordeum murimtm L. Sp. PL i. 85 (1753). Type locality European. 



Beginning at the westernmost limits of the desert this plant, squirrel grass, is the 

 commonest and most troublesome weed that exists in intramontane California in 

 cattle ranges and pasture grounds. While we were camped at Fort Tejon our 

 horses tried to feed on it. The barbed awns and glumes became imbedded in the 

 soft parts of their mouths in great quantities, causing inflammation and ugly sores. 



Elymus condensatus Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. 265 (1830). Type locality, "ad 

 Monte-Rey, Califoruiae." 

 Willow Creek Canon, Pauamint Valley (No. 827). 



Elymus elymoides(Raf.) Journ. Phys. lxxxix. 103 (1819), under Sitanion; Swezey, 

 Nebr. Fl. PL 15 (1891). Type locality, "Missouri." 



This tufted rye grass was a valuable forage plant for our half-starved horses while 

 we were in the desert. It grew on rocky slopes in the upper altitudes of the Lower 

 Sonoran zone, extending also into tbe Upper Sonoran. Although in winter inferior 

 to Stipa viridula for forage, in summer it was tender and luxuriant. It was collected 

 at the following points: Willow Creek Canon, Pauamint Mountains (No. 833) ; Crys- 

 tal Spring (No. 914) ; and a few miles east of Tehachapi (No. 1121). 



Elymus triticoides Buckley, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1862, 99 (1862). Type locality, 

 "Rocky Mountains." 

 Resting Springs Valley (No. 281.) 



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Ephedra californica Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 300 (1879). Type localities, 

 "San Diego County, California," and "promontory near San Diego and Jamul Val- 

 ley." 



Sterile specimens of a pale green Ephedra collected between Victor and Stoddard 

 Wells (No. 159) prove to be, upon comparison with fruiting specimens from an adja- 



