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Agrostis verticillata Vill. Water Bent-grass. 



Along water courses in the lower part of the pine belt of the 

 south and west sides. (Nos. 2252, 2275.) 



Bromus carinatus H. tO A . 



Common in all the forests of the south and west sides at 5000- 

 6000 ft. alt. This is an important grass of the stock ranges of 

 the south side since it matures earlier than the meadow grasses 

 and is much relished by stock. (No. 2226.) 



Bromus marginatus Necs. 



Collected on wooded slopes of the south side at 4400 ft. alt. 

 and also in Tahquitz Valley at 7000 ft., where it is plentiful near 

 the streams . ( Nos . 2033 , 2462 . ) 



Bromus marginatus latior Shear, U. S. Dept. Agr. Agros. Bull. 



xxiii. 55 (1900). 



Found only in the vicinity of Chalk Hill at an altitude of 5000 

 ft. (No. 2099.) 



Bromus marginatus seminudus Shear, U. S. Dept. Agr. Agros. 



Bull, xxiii. 55 (1900). 



This is by far the most abundant Bromus on the higher parts 

 of the mountain, being common both in the drier portions of the 

 meadows and on rockj^ hillsides. At the eastern base of San 

 Jacinto Peak it reaches at altitude of 9600 ft., the specimens here 

 being less than 16 in. high. (Nos. 785, 2407, 2498, 2408, 2342.) 



Bromus Orcuttianus Vas., Bot. Gaz. x. 223(1885). 



Not rare in the lower part of the pine belt. (Nos. 2301, 2538.) 



Bromus Orcuttianus grandis Shear, U. S. Dept. Agr. Agros. 



Bull, xxiii. 43(1900). 



Collected at 5300 ft. alt. on Fullers Ridge, in the same general 

 region as the species. (No. 2256.) 



Bromus Ported assimilis Davy, var. nov. B. Porteri laiiatipe.s 

 Shear, U. S. Dept. Agr. Agros. Bull, xxiii. 37 (1900). in 

 part. Mountain Brome. 



Loosely tufted perennial; stems stout or slender, 7-J to 9 dm. 

 high, puberulent: sheaths densely retrorse-pubescent; ligule 1 to 

 2 mm. long, truncate, lacerate; blades flat, 10 to 23 cm. long, 5 



