106 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Union City, Piper 939; Coulee City, Lake & Hull 118; Chelan, Elmer 489; Wenache, 
Whited 1249; Tumwater Canyon, Whited, August, 1901; Little Baldy, Spokane County, 
Kreager 160; Mason County, Piper 939; Kiona, Cotton 736; Toppenish, Cotton 792. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition, 
Specimens of this species have been referred to P. nitidum Lam. and to P. dichotomum, 
L. species not known to occur within our limits. 
Panicum virGcATUM L., is stated by Hooker to have been collected on the Columbia by 
Douglas. There is no recent evidence of such occurrence of the species. 
CHAETOCHLOA. 
1. Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 4: 39. 1897. 
GREEN FOXTAIL. 
Panicum viride L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 83. 1762. 
Setaria viridis Beauv. Agrost. 51, 178. 1812. 
Type Locairy: “Habitat in Europa australi.”’ 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: North Yakima, Watt; Parker, A. D. Dunn; Pullman, Piper; 
Waitsburg, Horner; Seattle, Piper. 
PHALARIS. 
Inflorescence a narrow panicle ....- wee ee ee ee ee eee eee 1. P. arundinacea. 
Inflorescence an ovoid spike...........-. 22.02.2222 e ee ee ee 2. P. canariensis. 
1. Phalaris arundinacea L. Sp. PI. 1:55. 1753. REED CANARY GRASS. 
Type Locauity: European. 
Rance: British Columbia to Nova Scotia, southward to New Jersey, Kansas, and 
California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascades, Lyall in 1859; Wenache region, Brandegee 1153, 
Whaited 1425; Ellensburg, Piper, June, 1897; Whited 563; Columbia River, Klickitat 
County, Suksdorf 1186; Spokane River, Piper 2386; Big Meadow, Kreager 425; Lake 
Chelan, Vasey 52, 552; Colville Reservation, Griffiths & Cotton 367; Brewster, Griffiths & 
Cotton 263. 
ZONAL DisTRIBUTION:; Arid Transition. 
2. Phalaris canariensis L. Sp. Pl. 1:54. 1753. CANARY GRASS. 
Type Locatity: “Hab. in Europa australi, Canariis.” 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pullman, Hardwick, July, 1895. 
ANTHOXANTHUM. 
1. Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 28. 1753. SWEET VERNAL GRASS. 
Type Locaity: “ Habitat in Europae pratis.”’ 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Tacoma, Piper, September 5, 1895. 
SAVASTANA. 
1. Savastana odorata (L.) Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club 5: 34, 1894. VANILLA GRASS. 
Holcus odoratus:-L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1048. 1753. 
Hierochloe borealis Roem. & Schult. Syst. 2: 513. 1817. 
Type LocaLity: European. 
Rance: Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Washington, Colorado, and Wisconsin. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ellensburg, Whited 292; North Yakima, Leckenby, April 22, 
1897; Fort Colville, Lyall in 1861; Wenache River, Vasey 229. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
