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11. Festuca microstachys Nutt. (Fig. 70, A.) Resembling 

 reflexa; glumes glabrous; lemmas pubescent. o 

 — Open ground, Washington to California; rare. 



Figure 71.— Distribution of 

 Festuca reflexa. 



Figure 72 — Festuca eastwoodae. Pan- 

 icle, X Yr, glumes, X 5. (Type.) 



Figure 73.— Festuca tracyi, 

 Panicle, X W, glumes. 

 X 5; floret, X 5. (Type.) 



12. Festuca eastwoodae Piper. (Fig. 72.) Resembling F. reflexa; 

 glumes hirsute ; lemmas hirsute, the awn 4 to 5 mm long. —Open 

 ground, Oregon, Arizona, 

 and California; rare. 



13. Festuca tracyi Hitche. 

 (Fig. 73.) Resembling F. 

 reflexa; glumes rather 

 sparsely hispid-villous, the 

 first 1.5 to 2 mm long, 

 acute, the second 3 to 4 mm 

 long, obtusish or abruptly 

 acute; lemmas glabrous, 

 about 4 mm long ; awn 4 to 7 

 nun long, o — Open rocky 

 ground, Washington (Bingen) 

 and California (Kings and 

 Napa Counties). 



Section 2. Eufestuca Griseb. 



Perennials; culms simple; 

 stamens 3. 



14. Festuca subuliflora 



Scribn. (Fig. 74.) Culms 

 erect, slender, 60 to 100 cm 

 tall; blades flat (or loosely 

 involute in drying), lax, 

 pubescent on the upper sur- 

 face, those of the culm 

 mostly 2 to 4 mm wide, 

 those of the innovations 

 narrower; panicle loose, lax, 

 10 to 20 cm long, nodding, 

 the branches drooping, the 

 lower naked at base; spike- 

 lets loosely 3- to 5-flowered, 

 the rachilla pubescent or 

 hispid, the internodes of the 

 rachilla as much as 2 mm 

 long; floret long-stipitate, 

 the rachilla appearing to be jointed a short distance below the floret; 

 glumes very narrow, acuminate, the first 3 to 4 mm, the second 4 to 



Figure 74. —Festuca subuliflora. Panicle, X Vi, spikelet, 

 X 5. (Howell 19, Oreg.) 





