58 Rhodora [March 



side, 1911, J. Davis, no. 1,017. Oklahoma: near Miami, 1913, 

 G. W. Stevens, no. 2,265. Kansas: Riley County, 1895, J. B. Nor- 

 ton, nos. 574 & 884b. New Mexico: 1847, A. Fendler, no. 995. 



Var. ludoviciana var. nov., spiculis muticis 3.5 mm. longis, 1.8- 

 2.2 mm. latis sparse et tenuiter strigosis vel subglabratis, spinalis 

 parvis, gluma superiore nervo medio plerumque inechinata.— Sandy 

 river banks; Louisiana to New Mexico. Louisiana: without lo- 

 cality, Hale; New Orleans, old specimen without collector's name; 

 Baton Rouge, 1903, F. II. Billings, no. 14 (type in Gray Herb.). 

 New Mexico: Kingston, 1904, 0. B. Metcalf, no. 1,351. 



Var. occidentalis var. nov., spiculis brevi-apiculatis 2.8-3.3 mm. 

 longis, 1.5-1.7 mm. latis strigosa-hispidis, spinulis in spiculis brevibus 

 vel subbrevibus mollibus paulum vel non omnino basi tumidis eis 

 in lemmate inferiore exceptis, spinulis in ncrvo medio glumae su- 

 perioris parvis absentibusve. — Waste places and open grounds in 

 damp, rich soil; Maine and New Hampshire to southeastern Massa- 

 chusetts and Rhode Island, also Illinois to Washington and south- 

 ward to Missouri and New Mexico. Some specimens examined were: 

 Maine: Milford, 1916, Fernald & Long, no. 12,568; South LaGrangc, 

 1916, Femald & Long, no. 12,567. New Hampshire: Randolph, 

 1908, A. S. Pease, no. 11,684; Jefferson, Pease, no. 16,870. Massa- 

 chusetts: W 7 est Cambridge, Pease, no. 11,400; Harwich, Fernald d- 

 Long, no. 16,176; Worthington, 1912, B. L. Robinson, no. 613. Rhode 

 Island: Block Island, 1913, Fernald & Long, nos. 8,675 & 8,66(5. 

 Illinois: Champaign, 1900, II. A. Gleason, no. 1,930; Grand Tower, 

 Gleason, no. 1,720 (type in Gray Herb.). Wisconsin: Marinette 

 County, 1894, ./. II. Schuette. Missouri: Aberdeen, 1911, J. Darts, 

 no. 945; Kansas City, 1918, B. F. Bush, no. 8,821. Oklahoma: 

 Longdale, 1913, G. W. Stevens, no. 813. North Dakota: Leeds, 

 1899, ./. LunelL South Dakota: Deadwood, 1913, jr. P. Can, 

 no. 153. Iowa: Mount Pleasant, 1894, J. II. Mills. Nebraska: 

 Middle Loup River near Mullen, 1893, P. A. Ih/dbcrg, no. 1,590. 

 Kansas: Riley County, 1896, J. B. Norton, no. 884. Idaho: New 

 Plymouth, 1910, J. F. Macbridc, no. 713. Wyoming: Cummins, 

 1895, A. Nelson, no. 1,500. Colorado: Salida, 1892, A. I. Mvlford, 

 no. 104. New Mexico: Fort Bayard Watershed, 1905, J. C. Blumer, 

 no. 136. Arizona: Walnut Canon, 1898, D. T. MaeDongal, no. 

 353; horseshoe bend of the Colorado River, 1889, E. Palmer, nos. 

 749 & 750. Nevada: northwest Nevada, 1867, W. W. Bailey, no. 

 1,351. California: Napa Creek, 1866, Bolander, no. 2,419; north 

 of Oroville, 1914, A. A. Heller, no. 11,418. Oregon: Hayden Is- 

 land, 1917, J. C. Nelson, no. 1,974; Wasco County, 1894, J. B. Lei- 

 berg, no. 866. Washington: Waitsburgh, 1897, R. M. Homer, 

 nos. R265-B527. 



Var. microstachya var. nov., spiculis 3-3.2 mm. longis, 1.4-1.8 

 mm. latis crasse echinatis, spinulis numerosis firmis plus minusve 

 divaricatis basi tumidis, spiculis igitur facie valde hispidis, gluma 



