106 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Union City, Piper 939; Coulee City, Lal-e ct- Ihtll 118; Chelan, Elmer 489: Wenache, 

 Whited 1249; Tumwater Canyon, White d, August, 1901; Little Baldy, Spokane County, 

 Kreager 160; Mason County, Piper 939; Kiona, Cotton 736; Toppenish, Cotton 792. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



Specimens of this speries have been referred to P. luiidvm Lam. and to P. dichotomum, 

 L. species not known to occur within our limits. 



P.\NicuM viROATUM L. is Stated ])v Hooker to have l)een collected on the Columbia by 

 Douglas. There is no recent evidence of such occurrence of the species. 



CHAETOCHLOA. 



1. Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Scrihn. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 4: 39. 1897. 



Green foxtail. 



Panicum viride L. Sp. PL ed. 2. S3. 1762. 



Seiaria viridis Beauv. Agrost. 51, 178. 1812. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Europa au.strali." 



Specimens examined: North Yakima, Watt; Parker, -4. D. Dunn; Pullman, Piper; 

 Waitsburg, Horner: Seattle, Piper. 



PHALARIS. 



Inflorescence a narrow panicle 1. P. arnndinacea. 



Inflorescence an ovoid spike 2. P. canariensis . 



1. Phalaris arundiaacea L. iyp. PI. 1:.5.5. 1753. Reed canary grass. 

 Type locality: European. 



Range: British Columbia to Nova vScotia, southward to New Jersey, Kansas, and 

 California. 



Specimens examined: Cascades, Lyedl in 1859; Wenache region, Brandegee 11.53, 

 Whited 1425; Ellensburg, Piper, June, 1897; Whited 563; Columbia River, Klickitat 

 County, Sulcsdorf 1186; Spokane River, Piper 2386: Big Meadow, Kreager 425; Lake 

 Chelan, Vasey 52, 552: Colville Reservation, Grijfiths tC" Cotton 367: Brewster, Grijfiths cfc 

 Cotton 263. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



2. Phalaris canariensis L. Sp. PI. 1:54. 17.53. Canary grass. 

 Type locality: "llab. in Europa austiali, Canariis." 



Specimens examined: Pullman, Hardirick, July, 1895. 



ANTHOXANTHUM. 



1. Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sp. PI. 1:28. 17.53. Sweet vernal grass. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Europae pratis." 

 Specimens ex.\mined: Tacoma, Py/vr, September 5, 1895. 



SAVASTANA. 



1. Savastana odorata (L.) Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club 5: .34. 1894. Vanilla grass. 



TIoku.« odoratu.<: L. Sp. PI. 2: 1048. 1753. 



Hierochloe boreaJis Roem. & .Schult. Syst. 2: 513. 1817. 



Type locality: European. 



Range: Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Washington, Colorado, and Wisconsin. 



Specimens examined: Ellensburg, Whited 292; North Yakima, Leckenhy, April 22, 

 1897; Fort Colville, Lyall in 1861; Wenache River, Vasey 229. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



