PTPER NniriH AMKRTOAN SPECIES OF FESTUCA. 15 



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Aklzona: 



.Santa Catalina Muiintaina, Shear 1963. 

 Tuceon, Toametj, in 1892. 

 Pima Canyon, (Irlffitlts & Shear 2621. 

 Sabenio Canyon, Griffiths 2538. 



A specimen collected at Los Angeles, California, }>y Dr. H, E. Hasse in 1888 is 

 [uite intermediate between f/rmji and jxtafica, 



Eapj.anation of l'LATK.-i>rawnfrom Prhigle^s specinniiis from the Santa CHtuUim Mouutains, 

 Arizoiiu (April 19, 1884). l^liiut one-half natural size; spikek^t and dissoctionH enhirgcd five times. 



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6. Festuca reflexa Buckl. 



Fesiuca reflexa Buckl. Proc. Acad. Philu. 1862: !KS, 1863. Type in the herbarium 

 of the Philadelphia Academy, collected by Xuttall in '* Upper California.'' 

 Festaca mkrostachys paadflora Scribner in Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2: 586. 1896. 



DESCRIPTION, 



CnlmH erect, simple or few in a tuft, 20 to 50 cm. high, glabrous, 3-jointed; sheaths 

 smooth or pubescent, the lower about as long as the internodes; ligule very short, 

 membranaceous, truncate; blades narrowly linear, flat or loosely involute, 2 to 10 em! 

 long; panicle 5 to 12 cm. long, the rays solitary, these and the .^]>]keleta all at length 

 divaricate; spikelets 1 to 3, or rarely 4 or 5-flowered, 5 to 7 mjn. long; glumes gla- 

 brous, the lower subulate, 1-nerved, 2.5 to 4 nun. long, the upper lanceolate, acute, 

 3-nerved, 4.5 to 5 mm. long; lemma lanceolate, convex, 3-nerved above, glabrous or 

 more or less scabrous, 4.5 to 6 mm. long, attenuate into a scabrous awn 2 to 12 

 (usually 5 to 8) mm. long; palea lanceolate, the t^o hispidulous nerves meeting 

 at the acuminate apex, the inflexed sides narrow, the internerve scaberulous 

 (Plate IV.) 



This species isabunrlant throughout California, extending sparingly into Utah and 

 western Oregon. Also on Vancouver Island, Macoun, Occasional specimens ap- 

 proach F. j)acifica closely. 



The following collections are representative: 

 Nevada: 



Mica Mine, J/". F, Jones 5072 K. 

 Calib^okma: 



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Bakersfiekl, Dm>y 1898. 

 San Diego, OreHit 1073. 

 Panamint Moujitains. Coville ct Fanston 775 



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. . Mendocino County, B!anJ:!nsh!p f>7. 



Berkeley, Mlchener ifc Blokiti 102. 



31ount Diablo, Brewer 1077. 

 Utah: 



Santa Clara Valley, if, E, Jones 5139 v. 

 Silver Keef, if. F. Joves 5163 aq. 



Explanation' of PnAii-:.— Taller drawhig represents 71 Bmndfgep, Ranta Inez Mountains, Cali- 

 fornirt; the shorter one, lirnrrr 1077, Mount Diablo, Californiu, tlu^ detaiLs from (he fornii^r. Plant 

 one-half natural si/e; spikelets and dissections enlarged five times. 



7. Festuca microstachys Xutt. 



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Festuca microdachys Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. n. s. 1: 187. 1847. ''Puelilo de los 

 Angeles, Upper California." 



We have been unable to locate XuttalTs type specimen. It is not at Kew nor in 

 the Philadelphia A(^ademy of Sciences. XuttalTs description, however, is so com- 

 plete! that it is hardly possible to mistake the plant. 



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