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13. Festuca subuliflora Scribn. in Macoun, Cat. Can. Pl. 2: 396. 1890. 
Festuca ambiqua Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 1: 277. 1893, not Le Gall. 1852. 
Festuca denticulata Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2: 589. 1896. 
Tyree LocaLity: Goldstream, Vancouver Island. 
Rance: Washington to California in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: San Juan County, //enderson 2197; Seattle, Piper in 1889, 
Olympia, Henderson 2179; Port Crescent, Lawrence 278. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
14. Festuca subulata Trin. in Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 173. 1832. 
Festuca jonesii Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 1: 278. 1893. 
TyPE LOCALITY: Sitka. 
Range: Alaska to Utah and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, £/mer 1916, 1918; Coupeville, Gardner 338; 
Seattle, Piper 837, 957, 938; Smith, June, 1890; Nisqually Valley, Allen 39; Piper 1981; 
Harmony, @. Hofer, July 26, 1901; without locality, Sandberg & Leiberg 504; Blue Moun- 
tains, Piper, July 16, 1896; Lake & Hull 81; Horner 506; Clarks Springs, Kreager 38; 
Chelan County, Vasey 5. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition to Hudsonian. 
PANICULARIA. 
Spikelets linear, 10 to 20 mm. long. 
Flowering glumes scabrid only on the nerves; spikelets 10 to 17 mm. 
long... 0022-22-22 ee eee eee eee eee 1. P. borealis. 
Flowering glumes seabrid allover the back; spikelets 16 to 20 mm. 
long 222 eee eee ee eee 2. P. fluitans. 
Spikelets ovate or oblong, 2 to 8 mm. long. 
Flowering glume with 5 prominent nerves ........-.-.-.--------- 3. P. pauciflora. 
Flowering glume with 7 prominent nerves. 
Spikelets 3 to 4mm. long .........------------------------ 4. P. nervata. 
Spikelets 4 to 6 mm. long. ......-...----------------------- 5. P. americana. 
1. Panicularia borealis Nash, Bull. Torr. Club 24: 348. 1897. 
Glyceria borealis Piper, F |. Palouse Reg. 27. 1901. 
Type LocaLiry: Van Buren, Maine. 
RancGe: New York to California and northward. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Valley of Nisqually, Allen 441; Seattle, Piper 855; Ellensburg, 
Whited, June 29, 1897; North Palouse River, Vasey, July 1, 1900; Pullman, Piper 1745; 
without locality, Sandberg & Leiberg 701; Vasey 57, 517. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
2. Panicularia fluitans (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 782. 1891. 
Festuca fluitans L. Sp. Pl. 1: 75, 1753. 
Glyceria fluitans R. Br. Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 1: 179, L810. 
Panicularia davyi Merrill, Rhodora 4: 145, 1902. 
Glyceria leptostachya Buckl. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1862: 95. 1862. 
Type Locauiry: European. 
Rance: British Columbia to Newfoundland, southward to New Jersey, Kentucky, and 
California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Near Montesano, Heller 3982; Quinault River, Lamb 1400; Van- 
couver, Piper 4905. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
The Heller and the Lamb specimens agree with the types Panicularia davyi and Glyceria 
leptostachya, characterized by having the lemmas puberulent-scabrous and the glumes 
small and thin. These characters seem to be too variable, however, to accept as specific. 
