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Type Locauity: “Santa Barbara, Upper California.” Collected by Nuttall. 
Rance: Washington to California. Argentina. Chile. Portugal. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County Filmer, 1914; East Sound, Henderson 2175; 
Seattle, Piper; Spokane, Leckenby, June, 1898; Pullman, Piper 3062; Steptoe, Vasey 18, 
20; Waitsburg, Horner R 231. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
6. Festuca bromoides L. Sp. Pl. 1: 75. 1753. 
Tyre Locauiry: “ Habitat in Anglia, Gallia.”’ 
Rance: British Columbia to California. Introduced from Europe. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper 1137; Tacoma, Fett; Stuart Island, Lawrence 
62, 136; Port Crescent, Lawrence 257. 
7. Festuca rubra L. Sp. Pl. 1: 74. 1753. RED FESCUE. 
Festuca vallicola Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 57. 1900. 
Type LocaLiry: European. 
Rance: Subarctic regidns, southward mainly along the seacoasts to California and Vir- 
ginia, and in the mountains to Colorado. Europe. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Near Tacoma, Fett 40, Piper 2621; Spokane, Wilkes Expedition; 
Piper 2594; Steptoe, Vasey 39; Pullman, Piper 1930, 3023; Horner 909; Clallam County, 
Elmer 1912, 1913; Fairhaven, Piper 2607; Port Angeles, Piper 2309; Westport, Henderson 
2173; Kitsap County, Piper 848; Seattle, Piper, July, 1891; Smith, May 29, 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
7a. Festuca rubra megastachys Gaud. Fl. Helv. 1: 287. 1828. 
Festuca oregona Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 2: 126. 1877. 
Type LocaLity: Switzerland. 
Rance: Alaska to Oregon and New Jersey. Europe. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Klickitat County, Suksdorf 1140; Klickitat River, Suksdorf 1147. 
7b. Festuca rubra multiflora (Hoffm.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 499. 1900. 
Festuca multiflora Hoffm. Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2. 1': 50. 1800. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Germany. 
Rance: Washington to Wyoming and California. Maine. Europe. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Spangle, Suksdorf 119. 
7c. Festuca rubra kitaibeliana (Schultes) Piper, Contr. Nat. Herb. 10: 23. 1906. 
Festuca kitaibeliana Schultes, Mant. 2: 398. 1824. 
Festuca barbata Schrank, Prim. Fl. Salisb. 46. 1792, not L. 1759. 
Bromus secundus Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 280. 1830. 
Festuca rubra secunda Scribn. Ann. Rep. Mo, Bot. Gard. 10; 39. 1899. 
Festuca rubra pubescens Vasey; Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2: 607. 1896. 
Type Locauitry: ‘In Hungaria.” 
Range: Alaska to Oregon, Wyoming, and New England. Europe. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Coupeville, Gardner 332; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 167. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
This subspecies is easily recognizable by its pubescent lemmas. 
8. Festuca occidentalis Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 249. 1840. 
Festuca ovina polyphylla Vasey; Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2: 597. 1896. - 
Type Locauity: “Plains and elevated grounds of the Columbia near the sea.”’ Collected 
by Douglas. 
Rance: Idaho and British Columbia to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 1915, 1917; Nisqually Valley, Allen 50; 
Seattle, Smith, May 20, 1889, Piper 834; Lake Chelan, Vasey 65; Skamania County, Fett 
1385; Spokane, Piper, July 2, 1896; Kamiak Butte, Piper 3085; Blue Mountains, Piper 
