74 Rhodora [APRIL 
cent, simply minutely ciliate on the edges of the glumes,' leaves narrow 
or even revolute ° to flat and broadish. 
T. biflorum Authors, not Brign., e. g. Nym. Consp. Flor. Europ. 
842 (1878-1882). 
T. violaceum Hornem. Flora Dan. xii, t. 2044 (1834). 
T. biflorum Brign. 8. Hornemanni, Koch, Syn. Flor. Germ. Helv. 
ed. II, ii, 953 (1844). 
Agropyrum biflorum (Brign.) R. &. S. var. Trit. violaceum (Hornem.) 
Reichenb. Ic. Flor. Germ. Helv. i, 30 (1850). 
A. violaceum (Hornem.) Lange, Consp. Flor. Groenl. 155 (1880); 
Vasey, Dept. Agr. Spec. Rep. no. 63, 45 (1883); Scribn. & Sm. 
U.S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. no. 4, 30 (Feb. 6, 1897). 
A. violaceum (Hornem.) Lange 8. virescens Lange, Consp. Flor. 
Groenl. 155 (1880); Rosenv. Andet. Till. Gronl. Faner. Karsp. 726 
(1890). 
A. violaceum (Hornem.) Lange a. genuina Rosenv. Andet. ‘Till. 
Gronl. Faner. Karsp. 726 (1890). 
A. violaceum (Hornem.) Lange var. major Vasey, Contr. U. S. Nat. 
Herb. i, 280 (Oct. 31, 1893). 
Agropyron brevifolium Scribn. U. S. Dept Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 
no. 11, 55 (July 20, 1898). f 
Triticum repens L. B. T. biflorum (Brign.) A. & G. A. virescens 
(Lange) A. & G. Syn. Mitteleurop. Flora, ii, 1, 654 (Dec. 10, 1901). 
T. repens L. B. T. biflorum (Brign.) A. & G.. B. Hornemanni 
(Koch) A. &. G., l. c. 
Agropyrum violaceum (Hornem.) Lange f. virescens (Lange) Gelert, 
in Ostenfeld, Flora Arct. 133 (June 28, 1902). 
Specimens examined: GREENLAND, Igalisso (J. Vahl): QUEBEC, 
Gulch north of Lac au Diable, Mt. Albert, Gaspé Co., July 25, 1906 
(M. L. Fernald, no. 411): Maine, North Basin, Mt. Ktaadn, July 
13, 1900 (E. F. Williams): New Hampsurre, Alpine Garden, Sargent's 
Purchase, August 19, 1907 (A. S. Pease, no. 10600), August 7, 1896 
(E. & C. E. Faxon); Oakes’ Gulf, Cutts’ Grant, August 8, 1896 (E. 
F. Williams): Wyomina, Yellowstone Lake, August 22, 1899 (4. Nel- 
son, no. 6608): COLORADO, near Pagosa Peak, 12000 ft., August, 1899 
(C. F. Baker, no. 144a); North Fork of Bridge Creek, September, 1897 
(A. D. E. Elmer, no. 676) — Type of A. brevifolium Scribn.): NEVADA, 
near Virginia City, 1863-4 (H. G. Bloomer, no. 2068) — Mixed with 
variety no. 7: CALIFORNIA, Silver Mt. Trail, 8000-9000 ft., 1864 (W. 
H. Brewer, no. 2068): ALBERTA, Devil's Head Lake, Banff, July 29, 
1901 (J. Macoun): British Cotumsta, Chilliwack Valley, August 29, 
1901 (J. M. Macoun, Herb. Geol. Sury. Can. no. 26026). 
9. A. CANINUM (L.) Beauv. var. HORNEMANNI (Koch) Pease & 
1 In the White Mountains spikes generally green and thick, N. B. the ciliation referred 
to is characteristic of the entire group. 
? Very narrow or revolute leaves are not common in the group. 
