72 Rhodora [Marcu 
Two Festuca VanrETIES.— The following note refers to two some- 
what unusual varieties of Festuca. 
Festuca ovina hispidula. At Franklin, Connecticut, on a dry, steep, 
otherwise rather barren hillside, this variety is abundant, in associa- 
tion with the typical form of the species. The tufts of the variety are 
about as numerous as those of the species. In some specimens the 
lemmas are uniformly hirsute, while in others the stiff pubescence is 
more dense toward the margins of the lemmas. The same variety 
occurs at Orange, Connecticut, where occasional tufts are found over a 
considerable area of sandy plain. The writer collected it at Orange, 
June 9, 1914. Professor A. S. Hitchcock has kindly verified speci- 
mens from both towns. 
Festuca rubra subvillosa. Several years ago the writer reported 
this variety from Franklin.' Almost every season since, it has been 
noticed at a new locality in Franklin and specimens have been col- 
lected from open woodlands, rich pastures, dry hillsides, hayfields, 
where it is often abundant, house lawns, barren gravel knolls and wet 
meadows. A variety so widely distributed in one town may very 
likely be found in other towns if search is made for it. 
Specimens of the above have been deposited in the Gray Herbarium. 
— R. W. Woopwarp, New Haven, Connecticut. 
1 Ruopora, xiii, 70 (1911). 
Vol, 21, no. 242, including pages 25 to 40 and a portrait plate, was issued 
25 March, 1919. 
