138 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
2556; Horner 500; Lake & Hull 80; without locality, Sandberg & Leiberg 482; Fort. Van- 
couver (ex Hooker); Stehekin, Griffiths & Cotton 188. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
Our plant has been referred to Festuca ovina heterophylla of Europe, which, however, is 
quite different. 
9a. Festuca ovina ingrata Hack.; Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2: 598. 1896. 
BLUE BUNCHGRASS. 
Festuca ovina oregona Hack.; Beal, op. cit. 599. 
Festuca vaseyana Hack.; Beal, op. cit. 601. 
Festuca ovina columbiana Beal, op. cit. 599. 
Type LocaLity: Oregon. Collected by Howell. 
Rance: British Columbia and Alberta to California and Arizona. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 1142; Cascade Mountains, Henderson 
2192; Blue Mountains, Lake & Hull 85, 76; Piper 2410; Ellensburg, Whited 640; Ophir, 
Elmer 514; Pullman, Piper 1752; Elmer 826; Rock Creek, Piper 2610; Kamiak Butte, 
Piper 3085; Steptoe, Vasey, in 1889; Clarks Springs, Kreager 68; Spokane, Kreager 41. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
9b. Festuca ovina supina (Schur) Hack. Mon. Fest. 88. 1882. 
Festuca supina Schur, Enum. Pl. Transs. 784. 1866. 
Type LocaLity: Transylvania. ; 
Rance: Arctic regions, southward in the mountains to California, Arizona, and New 
Hampshire. Europe. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper 1985; Elmer 1911; Flett 91, 117; 
Mount Baker, Flett 868; Mount Rainier, Allen 181; Piper 1960, 1958; Smith 958; Mount 
Adams, Flett 1400; Klickitat River, Flet# 1362. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
This subspecies has commonly been confused with the flaccid-leaved F'. ovina brachy- 
phylla (Schultes) Piper (F. brevifolia R. Br.) 
10. Festuca viridula Vasey, U.S. Dept. Agr. Div. Bot. Bull. 18: ¢. 93. 1893. 
Festuca gracillima Hook. err. det. Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 318. 1880. 
Type Locauity: “California.” 
Rance: Idaho and Washington to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Skagit Pass, Lake & Hull 116, 121; Peshastin, Sandberg 
Leiberg 693; Mount Rainier, Piper 1959; Mount Adams, Flett 1397; Henderson 2200: 
Suksdorf 449; Atanum River, Henderson 2191; Mount Rainier, Allen 180; Mount Carlton, 
Kreager 276, 241; Cascade Mountains, Vasey 407. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
11. Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper, Contr. Nat. Herb. 10: 31. 1906. 
Melica hallii Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 6: 296. 1881. 
Festuca scabrella major Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 1: 278. 1893. 
TypE LocaLity: Rocky Mountains between latitudes 39° and 41°. 
Rance: Washington to Saskatchewan and Colorado. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Douglas County, Spillman, May 27, 1896; Wenache Mountains, 
Elmer 460; without locality, Vasey 38; Steptoe, Vasey 5; Wenache Region, Vasey 441; 
Spokane, Suksdorf in 1884; Chelan Butte, Griffiths & Cotton 165; Colville Reservation, 
Griffiths & Cotion 353. , 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
12. Festuca elatior L. Sp. Pl. 1: 75. 1753. Merapow FrEscur. 
Type Locatitry: “Habitat in Europae pratis fertilissimis.”’ 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Smith 1986: Naches River, Henderson 2234: Pullman, 
Piper 2020; Colfax, Vasey 46. 
