GRASSES FROM WASHINGTON 235 
truncate, scabrous on the nerves above: internodes of the rachis 
spatulate, flattened, scabrous on the margins, 6-8 mm. long. 
Dry rocky places, 2300 m. altitude, Mount Rainier, Washing- 
ton, collected by the writer, in August, 1895, no. 1954. This 
species is nearest allied to S. /anceolatum J. G. Smith. 
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON. 
