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9b. Bromus eximius umbraticus nom. nov. 
Bromus vulgaris Shear, U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 23: 43. 1900, not Bromus 
purgans vulgaris Hook. Fl. Bor. Am, 2: 252. 1840, nor B. secalinus vulgaris Koch, Syn. 
819. 1837. 
Type Locauity: Collected in the upper Nisqually Valley, Washington, by Allen (no. 41). 
Rance: California to British Columbia, east to Montana and Wyoming. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Elmer 1961, 1960; Seattle, Piper 945, 946; 
Tacoma, Flett 74; Nisqually Valley, Allen 41; Blue Mountains, Piper 2563; Lake & Hull 
79; Horner 513, 514; Clarks Springs, Kreager 57; Tacoma, Leckenby; Klickitat River, 
Suksdorf 177; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 175. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
This species was formerly confused with B. ciliatus L., which is not known from within 
our limits. 
10. Bromus richardsonii pallidus (Hook.) Shear, U.S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 
23: 34. 1900. 
Bromus purgans pallidus Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 252. 1840. 
Tyre Locauity: “Saskatchewan to the Rocky Mountains.” 
Ranae: Nebraska to Nevada and northward to the Arctic. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, E/mer; Snoqualmie Falls, Piper 3803; 
White River, Vasey 378; Loomis, Elmer 559. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian or Hudsonian. 
11. Bromus maximus Desf. Fl. Atl. 1: 95. 1800. 
Type LocaLity: ‘‘Hab. in arvis,’’ Europe. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Spokane, Leckenby, June 2, 1898. 
lila. Bromus maximus gussoni Parl. Fl. Ital. 1: 407. 1848. 
Bromus gussoni Parl. Rar. Pl. Sic. 2: 8. 1840. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Sicily. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Tacoma, Piper, July, 1897; Leckenby in 1898. 
12. Bromus rubens L. Cent. Pl. 1: 5. 1755. 
Type Locauiry: European. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Bingen, Suksdorf 5077. 
13. Bromus sterilis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 77. 1753. 
TYPE LocALITy: European. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pullman, Piper 2554; Stuart Island, Lawrence 169: Walla 
Walla, Shear 1616. 
14. Bromus tectorum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 77. 1753. 
TYPE LocALITy: European. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Spokane, Piper, July, 1896; Pasco, Elmer 1047; Pullman, 
Piper, July 4, 1899; without locality, Sandberg & Leiberg 191; Wallula, Cotton 1066. 
15. Bromus brizaeformis Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 3: 30. 1837. 
TYPE Locauity: ‘‘In montibus Taliisch.”’ 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Union Gap, Yakima River, Cotton 430; Waitsburg, Horner 563; 
Steptoe, Vasey 53; Almota, Piper 1739; Wawawai, Piper 1739; Pullman, Piper 1739; 
Elmer 876. 
16. Bromus hordeaceus L. Sp. PI. 1: 77. 1753. 
Bromus mollis L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 1. 112. 1762. 
TYPE LOCALITY: European. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Paper 796; Steptoe, Vasey 22; Almota, Piper 3562; 
Pullman, Elmer 878 in part; Paper, May, 1894, June 21, 1901; Prosser, Cotton 1110; Walla 
Walla, Shear 1585; Tacoma, Leckenby in 1898. 
