GRAMINER. 581 
95. GLYCERIA. 
Glyceria, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 179; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 1197. 
About thirty species, widely spread in both north and south temperate regions ; rare 
in the tropics. 
1. Glyceria fluitans, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 179; A. Gr. Man. Bot. 
Northern U. S. ed. 5, p. 627; S. Wats. Bot. Calif. ii. p. 307; Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum., 
Gram. p. 148. 
CanaDa, southward.—Norta Mexico, San Luis Potosi (Virlet d@Aoust), Barranca 
near Tizapan, valley of Mexico (Bourgeaw).—Evrope; Asta; AFRICA; AUSTRALIA. 
We have seen no Mexican specimens of this common water-grass. 
96. FESTUCA. 
Festuca, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 88; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 1198. 
This genus almost covers the whole area of the Order and is numerous in species, 
_ though the upwards of 230 described by various authors might, in the opinion of the 
authors of the ‘ Genera Plantarum,’ be reduced to something like eighty. 
1. Festuca xquipaleata, Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum., Gram. p. 125. 
SoutH Mexico, peak of Orizaba at 14,000 feet (Liebmann). 
“ Differt a /’. tolucensi foliis retrorsum scabris, paleis equalibus, inferiore breviter 
mucronata, superiore profunde bifida.”— Fournier. 
2. Festuca amplissima, Rupr. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. (reprint, p. 10); Fourn. 
Mex. Pl. Enum., Gram. p. 125. 
SourH Mexico, Vagueria del Jacal, peak of Orizaba at 10,000 feet (Galeotti, 5776 ; 
Liebmann), Desierto Viejo (Bourgeau, 1307), Cafiada (Bilimek). Hb. Kew. 
3. Festuca fournieriana, Hemsl. 
Gouinia polygama, Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum., Gram. p. 103, cum var. majore. 
Fioripa.—Soutn Mexico, Vera Cruz (Gowin), sea-shore at San Augustin, on the 
Pacific, Oaxaca (Liebmann), without locality (Hahn). Hb. Kew. 
We have seen no Floridan specimens of this plant, which may, however, have already 
been described under or referred to Festuca. 
4. Festuca fratercula, Rupr. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. (reprint, p. 10); Fourn. 
Mex. Pl. Enum., Gram. p. 124. 
SoutH Mexico, peak of Orizaba 11,000 to 12,000 feet (Galeotti, 5778), Cumbre de 
Estapa (Liebmann). 
5. Festuca hephestophila, Nees in Steud. Gram. p. 310; Fourn. Mex. Pl. 
Enun., Gram. p. 124. 
Festuca tolucensis, Rupr. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. (reprint, p. 10). 
Festuca, sp. n., Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 629. 
