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PIPER ^fORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF FESTUGA. 23 



The folio-wing ^peciiiieiit^ have been examined: 

 California: 



Fort Bragg, Darff X- Jilaadale 6117, • 

 Point Reyes Peninniila, Davy 6811. 

 Okeoon: 

 Tillamook Bay, Jlo^n/J, Jnl\- 1882. 



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13g. Festuca rubra kitaibeliana (Scluiltes). 



Fi'daca harhata Schrauk, Prim. Fl. Saliab. 4G. 1792, not L. 1759. 



Fednca pahe^ceus Willd.; I.ink, Ennin. 1: 91. 1821, not Zea; R. Si S, Syst. 2: 728. 

 1817, *'In Hungaria.'^ 



Festuca rubra mbviUom Mort, & Koch in Rulihng, Dcutsrhl. Fh ed, 3. 1: 654. 1828, 

 not F. (hfriuscula siihrHhji«i oj). cit. 648, 



Festuca rubra rillosa ^lert. & Koch in li(">hling, Denti^ehl. Fl. t'd. 3. 1: 654. 1823, 

 not F. oiina rtWo^a Sehrad. Fl. Germ. 1: 320. 1806. 



Festuca kitaiheUana Sehult. ^laJif. 2 : 398. 1824. New name proposed for F. puheacens 

 AVilld. 



Bromns secmidt(>i Pre^l, Rel. llaenk. 1:280. 1830, Type specimen from Nootka 

 Sound, Vancouver Island, coUected by Haenke; a duplicate in the herbarium of the 

 Mi:%^ouri Ji^otanical Garden. 



Fealaca rubra harhata Hack. Moji. FcHt. 139. 1882. Based on F, barb'tta Hchrdiik. 



Fedaca rubra puhe^cetu^ Vasey; Beal, Grasses? X. Am. 2: 607. 1896. Type in her- 

 barium Michigan Agricultural College, collected in Oregon by Howell. 



Festuca rubra secundaScr[hnerjllep.~M<). Bot. CJard. 10: 39. 1899, Baaed on jS/^omu.s 

 secandas Presl. 



Tills much-named plant i^anges in Xorth America from Alaska to Greenland, 

 !?outh^vu^d to Oregon, AVyomingj Ontario, and Xew Brunswick. Specimens from 

 South Burlington, Vermont -{Jones), and Andover, New Hampsliire {J^rigg^^), are 

 probably introduced. Vivii)arous forms occur occat=ionally. Some Alaskan speci- 

 mens have exceptionally large spikelets nearly 2 cm. long, but otherwise show no 

 differences. 



I3h. Festuca rubra lanuginosa Mcrt. & Koch. 



Festuca dumetorura Rafn. Danm. Hoist. Fl. 1; 549. 1796, not L. 1762, 



Feslaca arenaria Owbeck In Rctz. SuppL l*rim. I'l. Scan, 1: 4. 1805, not Lam, 179L 



Feduca rubra arenaria FrieSy FL Halland. 28. 1818. 



Fedaca villosa Schweigg, in Ilagen, Chlor. Boruss. 35. 1819, nut F. onna vUloj^a 



Schrad. 1806. 



f Festuca oraria Dnm, Agrost. Belg. 105, 1823. 



Festuca rubra lanug'mosa Mert. & Koch in Rrthllng, Deutschl. Fl. ed. 3. 1: 654. 1823. 

 **Auf magerm Flugsande am Gestade desMeeres in Hinterpommern und Ostpreussen 

 (der Kurischen Nehrung).*' 



Festuca baUica Homann, Fh Pomm. 1: 56. 1828. 



Festuca lanuginotia Scheele, Flora 1 : 63. 1844. 



Festuca richardsoni Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 250. 1840. Type from 'Hhe Arctic sea- 

 coast" of North America^ collected by Richardson. Specimens in the Gray and 

 Torrey Herbaria are probably duplicate types. 



The Richardson specimens are quite identical with Arctic Europt^an specimens, 

 and correspond to F. rubra arenaria forma arcltca Hack. ]\Ion. Fest. 140. Specimens 

 from Port Clarence, Alaska, Doctor Yemans, August, 1884, are identical. Specimens 

 collected on Unimak Island, Alaska, by Macoun (22801) are taller and agree with 

 the ordinary European plant 



