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Washington: 



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OF FE9TDCA. 13 



Spokane, Kreager 4. 



Western Klickitat County, Snksdorfll^'d. 

 Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 472. 

 Almota, Piper 1925. 



Idaho: 



Lewiston, Saadherg, Heller, & MacDoKgid 124. 

 Lewiston, IMler 8000. 



Okkoon: 



The Dalle?:!, Sheldon 10106. 



Harper's ranch, Malheur County, Le i her g 2074 



Blue Mountainy, Griffiths d- Hauler 120, 



Califoknia: 



Yoseinite Valley, BlolettiA^. 

 Crescent City, Davy & BUtMlale 51126. 

 Pine Ridge, Hall & Chandler 2<)8. 

 San Bernardino, Parish 4674, 

 San Diego, OrctUt 1174, 



^^Nevada: 



Trinity Mountains, Wattam 1:^28. 

 Artzoxa: 



Tucson, Toumcg in 1892. 



Lower Caj.iforma; 



Guadalupe Ranch, Orcati, April 6, 1886. 



3. Festuca confusa sp. nov. 



Habit of F, pacifica, differing in the following particulars: sheathe and blades 

 pubcticcnt, axis and branches of the ])anicle ciliate on the angles, spikelets 2 or 3- 

 flowered; empty glumes hirsute. (Platk T.) 



The following specimens have been examined; 

 Washington; 



Western Klic^kittit County, Sxiksdorf \l'i{) (type). 

 Oregon: 



Grant's l*ass, Hoiccll, May 24, 1884. 

 Without locality, E. Hall 639. 

 California: 



Mount Diablo, 7/. M, Hall 1737, Brewer 1112, 1142. 

 Santa Luiua Mtmntains, Eastwood^ May 2, 1897. 

 E. HalPs 639 is the i)lant mentioned by Doctor Gray as Festuca microstacfigs ciHata 



(nonien nudum) in Proceedings of the American Academy 8: 410, It is not the 

 l>lant so named and described by Beal, Grasses of North America 2: 585, 



Explanation of Platk.— Drawn from typo Hpociineii lUO Sut<dor/, Western Klickitut County, 

 Wiif^hiugton. Plant one-half natural size; ^pikelets and dissections enlarpr«d five times. 



4, Festuca eriolepis Desv. 



Festuca eriolepis Dcsv. in Gay, Fl. Chil 6: 428. 1853. "En log campos de la 

 Serena y en Argueros," Chile. 



Feduca arida Elmer, Bot. Gaz. 36: 52. 1903. Type collected at North Yakima, 

 AVashington, by L, F, Henderson, no. 2196, A duplicate in the National Herbarium. 



We have seen only one Chilean specimen, but this, together with the long descrip- 

 tion of Desvaux, leaves no doubt that arida must be reduced to synonymy. 



