138 CONTKIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



2556; Horner 500; Lake & Hull 80; without locality, Sandberg & Leiberg 482; Fort Van- 

 couver (ex Hooker) ; Stehekin, Griffiths d; Cotton 188. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



Our plant has been referred to Festuca ovina heterophylla of Europe, which, however, is 

 quite different. 



9a. Festuca ovina ingrata Hack.; Beal, Grasses N.Am. 2: 598. 1896. 



Blue bunchgrass. 



Festuca ovina oregona Hack.; Beal, op. cit. 599. 



Festuca vaseyana Hack.; Beal, op. cit. 601. 



Festuca ovina columhiana Beal, op. cit. 599. 



Type locality: Oregon. Collected by Howell. 



Range: British Columbia and Alberta to California and Arizona. 



Specimens examined: Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 1142; Cascade Mountains, Henderson 

 2192; Blue Mountains, Lake cfe Hull 85, 76; Piper 2410; Ellensburg, Whited 640; Ophir, 

 Elmer 514; Pullman, Piper 1752; Elmer 826; Rock Creek, Piper 2610; Kamiak Butte, 

 Piper 3085; Steptoe, Vasey, in 1889; Clarks Springs, Kreager 68; Spokane, Kreager 41. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



9b. Festuca ovina supina (Schur) Hack. Mon. Fest. 88. 1882. 



Festuca supina Schur, Enum. PI. Transs. 784. 1866. 



Type locality: Transylvania. 



Range: Arctic regions, southward in the mountains to California, Arizona, and New 

 Hampshire. Europe. 



Specimens examined: Olympic I\Iountain.s, Piper 19S5; Elmer 1911; Fhfl 91, 117; 

 Mount Baker, Fletf 868; Mount Rainier, Allen 181: Piper 1960, 1958; Smith 958; Mount 

 Adams, Fleft 1400; Klickitat River, Fleit 1362. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



This subspecies has commonly been confused with the flaccid-leaved F. ovina brachy- 

 fhylla (Schultes) Piper {F. brevifolia R. Br.) 



10. Festuca viridula Vasey, U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Bot. Bull. 13: t. 93. 1893. 

 Festuca gracillima Hook. err. det. Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 318. 1880. 

 Type locality: "California." 



Range: Idaho and Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Skagit Pass, Lake d- Hull 116, 121; Peshastin, Sandberg cfc 

 Leiberg 693; Mount Rainier, Piper 1959; Mount Adams, Flett 1397; Henderson 2200; 

 Suksdorf 449; Atanum River, Henderson 2191; Mount Rainier, Allen 180; Mount Carlton, 

 Kreager 276, 241; Cascade Mountains, Vasey 407. 



Zonal dlstkibution: Hudsonian. 



11. Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper, Contr. Nat. Herb. 10: 31. 1906. 

 Melica hallii Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 6: 296. 1881. 



Festuca scabrella major Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 1: 278. 1893. 



Type locality: Rocky Mountains between latitudes 39° and 41°. 



Range: Washington to Saskatchewan and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: Douglas County, Spillman, May 27, 1896; Wenache Mountains, 

 Elmer 460; without locality, Vasey 38; Steptoe, Vasey 5; Wenache Region, ra.se ;/ 441 ; 

 Spokane, Suksdoif in 1884; Chelan Butte, Griffiths d; Cotton 165; Colville Reservation, 

 Griffiths <& Cotton 353. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



12. Festuca elatior L. 8p. PI. 1: 75. 1753. Meadow Fescue. 

 Type locality: '-'Habitat in Europae pratis fertilissimis." 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Smith 1986; Naches River, Henderson 2234; Pullman, 

 Piper 2020; Colfax, Vasey 46. 



