878 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
1. Festuca octoflora Walt. Fl. Carol. 81. 1788. 
Type locality, presumably South Carolina. 
RanGeE: Quebec to British Columbia, southward, on the Pacific slope, extending into 
Lower California. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MEXICO: 
Lower CatirorniA: La Chuparosa, Brandegee 61 in 1893. San Martin Island, 
Anthony 214. Hansen’s ranch, Orewtt 1142. San Quentin Bay, Palmer 684 
in 1889. Guadalupe Ranch, Orcutt 1432 in part. Todos Santos Island, 
Anthony 195. 
la. Festuca octoflora hirtella Piper, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 12. 1906. 
Type locality, ‘Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona,’”’ the type specimen collected 
by Shear (no. 1962). 
Rance: Southwestern United States and Lower California. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MEXICO: 
Lower Catirornia: Lagoon Head, Palmer 655 in 1889. San Quentin Bay, 
Palmer 683 in 1889. Guadalupe Island, Palmer 657 and 674 in 1889. Guada- 
lupe Ranch, Orcutt 1432. Near Mission, Santa Gertrudis, Orcutt in 1899. 
2. Festuca pacifica Piper, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 12. 1906. 
Type locality, ‘Pullman, Washington,’”’ the type specimen collected by Elmer 
(no. 262). 
Rance: Pacific slope, British Columbia to Lower California. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MExIco: : 
Lower CauirorniA: Sierra de la Laguna, Brandegee 2 in 1890. ‘uadalupe 
Ranch, Orcutt in 1886. 
3. Festuca myuros L. Sp. Pl. 74. 1753. 
Type locality, given as “In Anglia, Italia.’’ 
Rance: Introduced in the United States and south to southern Mexico. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MEXxIco: 
Hrpata@o: Pachuca, rocky hill, Hitchcock 6732; near small pond, Hitchcock 6746; 
sandy river bed, Hitchcock 6755. 
México: Toluca, rocky hill, Hitchcock 6899; Rose & Painter 6786. Popo Park, 
edge of woods, Hitchcock 5969; open ground, Hitchcock 6026. Salto de Agua, 
dry sunny hills, Purpus 1642. Ixtaccihuatl, foothills, Deai 22; rocks above 
timber line, Purpus 1641. Amecameca, Deam in 1899. Parras, Oreutt 3804. 
MoreLos: El Parque, Oreutt 3860. 
4. Festuca megalura Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. II. 1: 188. 1848. 
Type locality, “Santa Barbara, Upper California,’’ the type specimen collected by 
Gambel. 
Rance: Pacific slope, British Columbia to Chile. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MEXICO: 
Lower CALirorniA: Nachognero Valley, Schoenfeldt 3442. Guadalupe Island, 
Palmer 672 in 1889. 
5. Festuca rubra glaucodea Piper, Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb. 10: 22. 1906. 
Festuca glaucescens Hegetschw. & Heer, Fl. Schweiz. 93. 1840, not Roth, 1821. 
Type locality, Switzerland. 
RanGE: The species and its varieties ranging throughout northern Europe | and North 
America, only this form found in northern Mexico. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMEN FROM MEXICO: 
CHIHUAHUA: Sierra Madre near Colonia Garcia, canyon, Townsend & Barber 114. 
6. Festuca ovina elliptica (Beal) Piper, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 43. 1906. 
Festuca amplissima elliptica Beal, Grasses N. Amer. 2: 603. 1896. 
