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139. F. rubra L. Red fescue. 



Subalpine meadows at Glacier Lake, 9000 ft. (Daniels, 699). 

 Labrador to Alaska; North Carolina to California: 

 Europe: Asia. 



140. F. brachyphylla Schultes [F. ovina brcvi folia S. Wat- 

 son]. Short-leaved fescue. 



Bald ridges in the mountain region, 7000 (Green Mt.) 

 -14500 ft. (Daniels, 364). 



Greenland to Alaska; Vermont to California. 



141. F. minutiflora Rydb. Small-flowered fescue. 

 Mountainsides at Eldora, and on Arapahoe Peak above 



timberline, 8600-12000 ft. (Daniels, 1001). 



Colorado to California. 

 141^. F. ovina L. Sheep fescue. 



Redrock lake, 10100 ft. (Ramaley and Robbins). Long's 

 Peak (Holm). 



North America: Europe. 

 141 %a. F. ovina supina (Schur). Hack. Prostrate Fescue. 



Long's Peak (Holm). 



Greenland and British Columbia to New Hampshire, 

 Arizona, and California. 



142. F. ingrata nudata (Vasey) Rydb. [F. ovina nudata 

 Vasey]. Naked-stemmed fescue. Blue bunch-grass. 



Common throughout the mountain region and the mesas, 

 5700-12000 ft. (Daniels, 174). The type doubtless occurs, 

 but all the material preserved belongs to the variety. 



Montana to British Columbia; Colorado to Utah. 



143. F. Kingii (S. Watson) Scribn. [F. confinis Vasey]. 

 King's fescue. 



Boulder Canon, 6500-10000 ft. (Rydberg); Boulder (E. 

 Bethel). 



Montana to Colorado and California. 



71. BROMUS L. Brome-grass. 



144. B. marginatus latior Shear. Large marginate brome. 

 Vicinity of Boulder, 5 100-6000 ft. (Rydberg). 

 Alberta to British Columbia; Colorado to California. 



