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Festuca rubra var. villosa Vasey; Macoun, Cat. Can. PL 2 4 : 236. 1888. Name 

 only, for specimen collected by Macoun at Dawson, Yukon Territory. 



Festuca rubra var. pubescens Vasey; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 607. 1896. 

 Not F. rubra var. pubescens Spenner, 1825. Oregon, Howell. 



Festuca rubra var. secunda Scribn., Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10: 39. 1899. 

 Based on Bromus secundus Presl. 



Festuca rubra var. subvillosa forma vivipara Eames, Rhodora 11: 89. 1909. 

 Newfoundland, Governors Island, Eames and Godfrey. 



The following varieties of Festuca rubra, recognized by Piper (North American 

 Species of Festuca, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 21-23. 1906), are based on 

 European types. The specimens cited by him are in this Manual referred as 

 follows: 



F. rubra megastachya Gaud., to F. rubra. 



F. rubra glaucodea Piper (based on F. glaucescens Hegetschw.), to F. rubra. 



F. rubra multiflora (Hoffm.) Aschers. and Graebn., to F. rubra. 



F. rubra pruinosa Hack., to F. rubra. 



F. rubra lanuginosa Mert. and Koch, to F. rubra var. lanuginosa. 



F. rubra kitaibeliana (Schult.) Piper, to F. rubra var. lanuginosa. 

 (25) Festuca scabrella Torr.; Hook., Fl. Bor. Amer. 2: 252. 1840. Rocky Moun- 

 tains, Drummond. 



Melica hallii Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 6: 296. 1881. Rocky Mountains, latitude 39° 

 to 41° [north half of Colorado], Hall and Harbour 621. 



Festuca hallii Piper, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 31. 1906. Based on 

 Melica hallii Vasey. 



Daluca hallii Lunell, Amer. Midi. Nat. 4: 221. 1915. Based on Melica 

 hallii Vasey. 



Festuca altaica subsp. arizonica subvar. hallii St. Yves, Candollea 2: 271. 1925. 

 Based on Melica hallii Vasey. 

 Festuca scabrella var. major Vasey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 278. 1893. 

 Spokane County, Wash., Suksdorf 118. 



Festuca campestris Rydb., Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 57. 1900. Based on 

 F. scabrella var. major Vasey. 

 (2) Festuca sciurea Nutt., Amer. Phil. Soc. Trans, (n.s.) 5: 147. 1837. Arkan- 

 sas, Nuttall. 



IFestuca quadriflora Walt., Fl. Carol. 81. 1788. Not F. quadriflora Honck., 

 1782. South Carolina. 



Festuca monandra Ell., Bot. S.C. and Ga. 1: 170. 1816, as synonym of F. 

 myuros L., as misapplied by Elliott. 



Dasiola elliotea Raf., Neogenyt. 4. 1825. Not Festuca elliotii Hack. Based 

 on Festuca monandra Ell. 



Vulpia quadriflora Trin.; Steud., Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 780. 1841. Based on 

 Festuca quadriflora Walt. 

 (22) Festuca shortii Kunth; Wood, Class-book 794. 1861; A. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 

 669. 1890. Noted in both as a variation of F. nutans. Vasey; L. H. Dewev, 

 Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 548. 1894. Central Texas to Illinois. This Is 

 the first description of the species. In Wood the following note is appended 

 to the description of F. nutans: " (F. shortii Kunth, when the grass is 

 stouter and the spikelets about 5-flowered.) " In the National Herbarium 

 are several specimens of this species named " Festuca shortii Kth" in Vasey's 

 script, "Kth?" queried on some of them. On one, collected in Illinois by 

 Vasey, is the note "Festuca nutans var. probably a good species, and I have 

 a specimen from Mr. Wolf ticketed F. Shortii Kunth, but I do not find such 

 a species published." Since Vasey in the herbarium credited the species 

 to Kunth it may be assumed that Dewey inadvertently omitted that name. 

 The original connection with Kunth remains obscure. In the Gray Her- 

 barium is a specimen of this species with "Barrens of Ky." written on a label 

 printed "C. W. Short, M.D., Kentucky, 1842." 



?Festuca nutans var. palustris Wood, Amer. Bot. and Flor. pt. 2: 399. 1870. 

 Eastern States. 



Festuca nutans var. shortii Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 589. 1896. Based on 

 F. shortii Kunth. 



Festuca nutans var. major Vasey, U.S. Dept. Agr. Spec. Rept. 63: 43. 1883. 

 Name only; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 589. 1896, as synonym of F. nutans 



(19) Festuca sororia Piper, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 197. 1913. Rincon 

 Mountains, Ariz., Nealley 177. 

 Festuca subulata var. sororia St. Yves, Candollea 2: 285. 1925. Based on 

 F. sororia Piper. 



