1917] Kennedy: Nt w Grasses for California, I 



satisfactorily utilized. That much, if no1 all, of the seed of Phal 

 now on the markets of New Zealand and Australia is hopelessly mixed 

 seems to be certain; and also that a selection of the perennial spe 

 will have to be made before one ran recommend the purchase of seed 

 from those countries. 



A careful comparison of our perennial plant as grown at the 

 University Farm with the original descriptions of Phalaris bulbosa 

 and Phalaris commutata soon proved that it could he neither of tl 

 species. On further search of the literature, including descriptions 

 of some twenty additional species, the author failed to find a descrip- 

 tion that would agree with our grass. I was aboul to describe it as 

 a new species when a paper entitled "Gramineat Novae," by Eduard 

 Hackel, was discovered, in a somewhat obscure publication, which 

 described the species in question. In order that this original descrip- 

 tion ma}' be made more readily accessible to agronomists, we are 

 including it here. We have been distributing seed from our plol 

 at the University Farm and more or less confusion is likely to occur, 

 as it has been distributed under the incorrect name of Phalaris 

 bulbosa. This grass is not described or mentioned in any American 

 literature on grasses and forage plants. 



The following description with the accompanying illustrations 

 should aid in its identification. 



Gramixeae Novae IV. Eduard Hackol in Fedde, Eepertoriun 

 Spederum Regni Vegetabilis, 5, 1908, p. .'!.">:'.. 



Phalaris stenoptera Hack., nov. spec. 

 Perennis, caespitosa, sine stolonibus. Innovationes extravaginales, squamis 

 elongatis herbaceis purpurascentibus fultae. Cuhiii erecti, robust!, ultra 1.5 m. 

 alti, teretes, glaberrimi, plurinodes, simplices, internodiis basalibus non incrassatis. 

 Vaginae teretes, arctae, internodiis breviores, glaberrimae. Ligvlo rotundata \. 

 subtruncata, 5-7 mm. lg., dentieulata, siceando lissa, glabra. Lamina* linearis, 

 sensim acuminatae, innovationum longissimae (50 cm. v. ultra), 1.2 1.5 cm. latae, 

 culmeae superoires abbreviatae, omnes flaceidulae v. rigidulae, glaberrimae 

 margine et in pagina superiorc versus apicem scaberulae, rirides, tenui m 

 TanicuLa spiciformis linearis vol lineari-oblonga, 6—16 cm. longa, circ, 1.5 cm. 

 lata, densissima, baud interrupta, nou vel obselete lobata, rhachi laevi, ramis 

 appressis ramulosis multispieulatis, pedicellis quam spiculae pluree v. multotiee 

 brevioribus seabris. Spiculae elliptieo-lanceolatae, 5 6 mm. longa, albido riridulae, 

 marginibus viridi-striatae. Glumat sterile-; L' inferiores aequales, aavicul 

 aeutiusculae, carina in 'i superioribus anguste (iu gluma I, angustissime \ .1 

 obselete) alatae, ala Integra in apicem sensim decurrente, scaberula, trinerves, uervia 

 (uno in basi alae, duobus ad latera) saturate viridibus. Gluma III nulla, rv ei 

 1 mm. longa e squamula callosa ovata <».:; mm. longa et ex appendice membranaeeo 

 lanceolato 0.7-0.8 mm. longo infra apicem squamulae inserto apice penicillato- 



