38 COXTRIIUTXrONS FROM THE T^ATIONAL HEKHARrUM. 



Calir>hnia — Continued. 



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Staiifonl I nivorsitv, Ahrnm^ 1646. 



Without locality, Krllogg A* Ihtrfovd 1116** 



Santa Cruz, Aiid(rso)i in 1887. 



Santa Cruz, A}Hli')',^o}i in 1S88.* 



San Kraiu'L^ft), Bahuider ]")07. 



Oakland Bohtnder, Juiit' 1, 186t). 



TuinplrtoTij San Euin Obis])o County, Danj 7584. 



Lak(^ County, Bhaikh^i^h^p 8. 



Marvr-'vitle }?utte=, Heller 5562. 

 OuK(-ox: 



lu^^ht Dullar Mountain, Josephine County, Piper 8512. 

 The Hpecinirns marked witli an asterit-k were cited l)y Doctor Vaney under tlie orig- 

 inal di^scriptittn of Festu((( ni)thJefKa^ but tlie real type of that is a very different plant. 



Km'LANatkix ok I'latk.— Drawn from type specitinjii 2101 Efnin\ collor-ted ut 'Stanford I'liiver- 

 sity, ralifornia. I'luTit iine-tuilf natural sizu; parts ciilurgcd iivu diiuueters, except the ovary, whuli 

 is enlarged ten diameters. 



30a. Festuca elmeri luxurians nom. nov. 



Ffi^tuea jonet^il confrrfa Hack.; Beat, (JrasscH N. Am. 2: 59:5. 1896. The type was 

 in the herbarium of ProfcHSor S<'ribner, ?^ince destroyed by fire. A du])licate is in 

 the National Herbarium. It is from San Jose Normal School, California, the collector 

 unknown. 



Typical Ihyhfca elmeri has a very hn^se panicle an<l 3 or 4-flowered spikelets. The 

 siibsj^ecies has a ratlier close panicle and 5 or 6-f1owered spikelets. The following 

 specimens are in the National Herbarium. 



Califouma: 



Stanford Cniversity, Elmer 2VS\\ 2103. 



AVithuut locality, liolander 6073. 



AVithout locality, LeitDnon -1654. 



The nanie vonfcrta has been previously used as Festuca rtrwuJinaeea amfertfi Hack. 

 Mon. Fest. 157. 18S2. 



31. Festuca g-igantea (L.) Vill. 



Brotifd,^ Ijlijiudctifi L. Sp. PI. 1: 77. 1753. ''Habitat in Europae sylvis siccis.'' 

 FeHiacii f/if/nnfed Vill. Hist. PI. Daupli. 2: 110. 1787. Transfers the spe<:ies to 



Festuca. 

 This European species is sparinj^ly introduced in the Eastern Stat(^s. 



PKSCRIl^TJOX 



Stems erect, striate, glabrous, 3 to 5-jointed, usually nearly concealed by the sheaths, 

 60 to 120 cm. hi^di; sheaths smooth or somewhat scabrous; ligule verysliort, truncate; 

 blades flat, liuear-lanceolate, 12 to 40 cm. loug, 5 to 15 mm. broad, acute, ])roniinenl]y 

 auriculate at base, dark green and smooth beneath, paler and slightly rouglunied 

 above, very scabrous on the margins; panicle oblong-ovoid, 10 to 40 cm. long, at 

 length spreading, somewhat drooping; rays slender, mostly in twos, elongate, very 

 scal)rous on 1 lie angles, each pulvillateat base; spikclets pale green, oblongdanceolate, 

 10 to 13 innu long, 5 to 9-t]o\vered; joints of the rachilla cylindric, scabrous; glumes 

 very acute, glabrous, the lower 1-nerved, 5 to 6 mm long, the upj^er 3-nerved, to 

 7.5 mm. long, broailly hyaline-margined; lemma lanceolate, convex, 5-iierved, 

 sinirscly scabrous, especially on the nerves above, 7 to 9 nun. long, bidentate at the 

 scarious apex, bearinga scabrous awn ntorethan twice as long as itself; palea (jljlong- 

 lanceolate, acute or somewhat notidied at the apex, the nerves scalirous, the inflexed 

 sides half as broad as the internerve. 



