56 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



The Rocky Mountain form of this species differs considerabh- 

 from the European and Northeastern one, having a more open panicle 

 and kirger spikelets, and may be distinct. It is common on dry hills 

 and table lands at an altitude of 1000-3000 m. 



INIoNTANA : Lima, 1895, Shear, jio, J 14, 320 and j/o; J^ydberg, 

 zoyo, 2ji6: Bozeman, July 24, Shea?-, 47^; Rydherg, 22J1 ; Little 

 BeltMts., 1896, Flodnian., ij8; ElkMts., lyg; Spanish Basin, 180; 

 June 23, 1897, Rvdlierg d: Bessey, 3676: 1896, Rxdbcrg, 3014, 

 3023, 3040, 307P, 3132 ; Long Baldy, Little Belt Mts., 3386, 3387 

 and 3388. 



Yellowstone Park: East Fork, 1885, Tzvccdy, jgp; 1884, 233 

 and i'j^.- Electric Peak, Aug. 18, i8gj, Rydderg <£- Bcssey, 3677. 



Festuca ovina polyphylla Vasey ; Beal, Grasses of N. A. 2 : 597. 



Characterized by its large tufts of very long and slender filiform 

 leaves. At an altitude of 1000-2000 m. 



Montana: Basin, 1892, Kclsev : Belt Canon, 1887, R. S. ]Vil- 

 lianis, 3go : Spanish Creek, 1886, Tzvcedv, 1003: Lewis and Clarke 

 Co., Mrs. Miith; Flathead Region, 1883, //. B. Ay res. 



Yellowstone Park : 1884, Tzueedy, 232 and 236. 



* Festuca pseudovina Hack. ; Wiesb. Oest. Bot. Zeit. 30 : 126 ; Res- 



tiica oviiia j^scudoviiia Hack, Mon. Fest. Eur. 89. 



Distinguished by its narrow almost spiciform panicle and its nearly 

 awnless flowering glumes. On mountain tops at an altitude of 2500- 

 3000 m. 



Montana: Little Belt Mts., near Barker, Aug. 18, 1896, Flod- 

 inan, 184: Rydberg, 3373 : Long Baldy, Aug. 19, 183, Rydberg. 



Festuca brachyphylla Schultes, INLant. 3 : 646 ; Fcstuea brevi- 



folia R. Br. App. Parry's Voy. Suppl. 289, not Muhl. : F. 



ovina brcvifolia Wats. Bot. King's Exp. 5: 389 [Man. R. ]NL 



424]. 



On the tops of alpine peaks at an altitude of 2500-3000 m. 



Montana: Long Baldy, Little Belt Mts., 1896, Flodman, 177; 

 Rydberg, 3378 ; Cedar Mountain, July 16, 1897, Rydberg d- Bessey, 

 367^: Mt. Chauvet, July 2(^,3678 and 3680: Yogo Baldy, 1896, 

 Rydberg, 3413 ; L'pper Marias Pass, 1883, Caiiby, 380a ; Belt]Mts., 

 1883, Scribner, 410. 



Yellowstone Park : 1885, Tzceedy^ 633. 



