982 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Mature fruit light-colored, slender, the 
hairs white. 
Ligule about 5 mm. long, membrana- 
C@OUS.....-.-....--------.-... 12. §&. editorum, 
Ligule short. 
Ligule a dense ring of hairs..... . 11. S. clandestina, 
Ligule membranaceous or some- 
times hairy at margins. 
. Fruit 5 mm. long; culms gla- 
brous................. 14. 8. multinodis. 
Fruit 7 mm. long; culms 
puberulent below the 
nodes............-...- 13. S. vaseyi. 
1. Stipa speciosa Trin. & Rupr. Mém. Acad. St. Pétersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 51: 45. 1842. 
Type locality, ‘‘Chile,”’ the type specimen collected by Cuming. 
Rance: California to Colorado and southward in arid regions of the Pacific slope to 
Chile. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MExIco: 
Lower Cauirornia: Los Angeles Bay, Palmer 505 in 1887. Japa, Orcutt 1140. 
2. Stipa parishii Vasey, Bot. Gaz. '7: 33. 1882. 
Type locality, ‘‘San Bernardino Mountains,” California, the type specimen col- 
lected by 8. M. Parish, 
Rance: Western Nevada, southern and Lower California. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMEN FROM MEXIco: 
Lower Ca.irornta: Sierras Cantillas, Orcutt 1151. 
8. Stipa coronata Thurb. in S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 287. 1880. 
. Type locality, southwestern California, two specimens being cited: ‘Hills near 
Julian City, San Diego County (Bolander); near San Bernardino, Parry & Lemmon, 
n. 422 (1876).”” 
RanGeE: Coast Ranges, California and Lower California. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMEN FROM MExIco: 
Lower Cauirornia: Nachognero Valley, Schoenfeldt 3441. 
4, Stipa melanosperma Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 226. 1830. 
Type locality, unknown to Presl. 
Rance: Except the type only known from the following. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMEN: 
Puesia: Esperanza, rocky hill, Hitchcock 6488. 
5. Stipa leucotricha Trin. & Rupr. Mém. Acad. St. Pétersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 51: 54. 
1842. 
Type locality, “‘Texas,’’ the type specimen collected by Hooker, 
Rance: Southwestern United States to southern Mexico. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM Mexico: 
Coauuma: Rio Grande Valley near Diaz, Pringle 8292. 
Zacatecas: Zacatecas, in gulches of dry sterile hill, Hitchcock 7495, 7522. 
San Luts Portosf: Cardenas, prairie, Hitchcock 5714. 
México: Santa Fé, Bourgeau 672. Barranca of Rfo Aqueducto, Rose & Painter 
8636. Federal District, bank along ditch, Hitchcock 5918. 
6. Stipa trochlearis Nees & Meyen, Nov. Act. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. 19: Suppl. 
1: 151. 1843. 
Type locality, Peru, two localities cited: ‘Ad Arequipam urbem Peruviae in 
campis siccis pedum 12000 altitud., et ad lacum Titicacam,”’ 
RanGeE: Highlands of Mexico to western South America. 
