42 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Festuca borealls Mort. & Koch in R()hling, Ueutychl. Fl. e<l. 8. 1: 6Ij4. —Graphe- 

 phorum arundinaceam. 



Fe^fncaborealis Hook, Fl. Bor. vVni. 2:251. =G'mphq^hnrumfcstucffccvitK 



Feduca hreiifoHa ^Miihl. (Jram. 1*)7. —Tnphif^ls pvrpjirca. 



FesUica caroUaiana Stoud. Syn. I'l. (iram. ;U2. =Tr\phii<h piirpunu, ex cluir. 



Feduca cepacia Phil. Liiiiiaea 33: 297. =MdLca cepacea Scribner. 



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Fedaca dandesihia MiiliL Gram. 162. — Lejttocldua f((i«'i(:alaris, 



Festtirn decumhen^ L. Sp. PI. 1: 75. ^^Triodkt decnrnhpui^. 



Festunt diandra Mirhx. FL r>or. ^\\n. 1: 07. p!, JO. ^^ Korycarpxis dhutdrn^ Kuntze* 



Feduca didau.^ Kunth, Rrv. (J ram. 1: \2[}, ^^Pnrchidlki didans. 



Festiica disticliophiilhi Michx. Fl. ]^>or. Am. 1:67. —DldkkJis sjfkata. 



FestiicaJa^cicularlslAWw. Tub. Knoyrl. 1: 189. —Leploclduafascladariii, 



Fedaca fd'tjomus Lam. Tab. F^iicyrl. 1: 191. =Leptvc]doit mucronidif, 



Fedaca Jlailansl^. Sp. 1^1. 1: 75. ^PmucidartaJJalfmn^. 



Fedaca grandijioni Lam. Tab. Kncyrl. 1 : S4. —Annidi^faria macroi^]>rru}a fide Steu- 

 del, Nom. ed. 2. 1: 6.m 



Festuca (jrandlflora Lam. Tab. Eneycl. 1: 191. —Pahictdarui aculijlora. 



Feduca hiucrostaclnja Torr. <fe (Jr. i'ac. K. Rep. 2*; 177, iioin. nud. —Scleropogon 

 hrevifollaSj staminate i)laiit, lide wptn*imen in Ilurb. Gray. 



Festuca multiJtoni^X ii\i. Fl. Car. 81. —Lipiochloa utncronala. 



Fedaca neogaea SUnid. Syii. PL (iram. ol8. Tbnniy^h tlie kindness of ^loiis. Ray- 

 mond Le Bey we have reeeived some ppikeletn of the type of this phmt preserved iii 

 the L^niver.^ity of Caen. The species is unquestionably Poa eminous VrvA {Poa gin- 

 maris Trin,), 



Feduca 7ienvsa Hook. FL Bor. Am. 2: 251. —Poa itercosa. 



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Fesiaca f nuitalliiota Kuni]] J Rev. Gram. 1: 129. =Pn<'CinelUa atroldes, 



Fed((ca obta.^iJ1ura \\\l\d.; Si)reng. Sy«t. 1: i>5(l. = Tjptochloa dnbia, 



Fedaca poIgda(hg<i^ruhx, Fl. l^or. Am 1:06. =LeptochIoa fasckuhris. 



Fedaca procvmbeiis ^luhl. (Jram- 160, — Leptochloa fffycicidari?. 



Feduca prodrata Mnh\. ; Merrill, Div. Agrost. Cire. 27: 5. —Leptoddoafasckularis^ 



Feduca purpurea F, Newell, Sel. PI. ludu^^t. Cult. 88. —Trtplasis purpurea. 



Feduca purpurea Scliivh.; Steud. Noni. ed. 2. 1: 032. =Triodia c^iprea, 



Festaca riglda (L.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1; 129. 1829, =Sderopoa rigida, 



Feduca i<picata NuLL Gen. 1: 72. = Didichlis spkaia ex ehar. 



Fedaca spkata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 82, ^Agropyron divergens Xees. 



Feduca iritkeal^mn. Tabl. Encyel. 1: 190, ^jyidlcldis spkaia, 



Festuca Irdkoules J Aim.; R. tt S. Sywt. 2: 596. ^= Didkldia spkxda, 



Festuca uvioloides Willd. Enum. llort. Berol. 1: \l. pL 3. ^^^Brotnus unklouks. 



FesU f ca virgata Lam. 111. 1:189. ^Leptochloa virgata. 



NOTES ON MEXICAN SPECIES, 



The Mexican species of Festuca are too poorly known and too sparsely represented 

 in our herbaria to permit of satisfactory treatment at ])resent. The following notes 

 give our i)resent knowledge concerning them: 



Festuca octoflora Walt. 



The following Mexican specimens have been examijied: 



Guadalupe Island, Palmer Gbl, 

 Hanson's ranch, Orcutt, July 9, 1884. 

 Guadalupe Ranch, OrcuU 1432 in part. 

 San Martin Island, Anthong 214. 

 Todos Santos Island, Anthony 195. 



