166 GRAMINEAE 



7. F. microstachys Nutt. Ilaliit of F. reflexa : differing in having pubescent 

 lemmas. — Less frequent than that species. 



Banks, liillsides and open ground, California to Oregon. 



Locs. — Napa City, Jepson in 1893; Yosemite Nat. Park, Chase 5702; XJarmel Mission, Heller 

 6583; Salt Creek, Tulare Co., Eastwood in 1894 in part; Pasadena, Allen in 1885. 



Refs. — Festuc.\ microstachys Nutt. Jour. Acad. Phila. II. 1: 187. 1848, type from "Pue- 

 blo de los Angeles, Upper California"; Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 317. 1880; Oavy in 

 Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 69. 1901; Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 51. 1904. 



8. F. eastwoodae Piper. Differs from F. retlexa in having pubescent glumes 

 and lemmas. Rare. 



Open pine forests: Santa Lucia Mts. ; 8alt Creek, Tidare Co., Eastwood in 

 1894 in part; Volcano, collector unknown. 



Eef. — Festuca eastwoodae Piper, Contr. Nat. Herb. 10: 1(3. 1906, type from Santa Lucia 

 Mts., Eastwood in 1897. 



9. F. megalura Nntt. ( 'ulms 8 inches to 2 feet high ; shejiths and blades 

 smooth ; panicle narrow, 3 to 8 inches long, the branches appressed ; spike- 

 lets 4 or 5-riowered; glumes glabrous, very unequal, the first about 1 line long 

 or less, the second 2 to 2i- lines long; lemmas liiu'-ir-lanccolate, scabrous above, 

 ciliate on the upper half, attenuate into an awn about twice its length. — The 

 cilia on the lennnas, by which this species is distinguished from F. m.^iiros, are 

 sometimes hidden by the incurved edges of the lemma at maturity. 



Cultivated or open ground, sandj^ soil, and waste places, mostly in the Coast 

 Ranges; extends from British Columbia to Idaho and Lower California. 



Refs. — Festuca megaluba Nutt. Jour. Acad. Phila. II. 1 : 188. 1848, type from Santa Bar- 

 bara, Gambel. F. myuros L. var. ciliata [Coss. misapplied by] Davy in Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. 

 Cal. 70. 1901; Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 52. 1904. This is included under F. mywos L. hy 

 Thurber (Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 316. 1880). 



10. F. myuros L. Similar to F. megalura but lemmas not ciliate. 



Open ground, introduced froni Europe into the Eastern States; rare on the 

 Pacific Coast. San Francisco, Wilkes Exped. ; San Diego, Brandegee 86 in pari : 

 Santa Catalina Island, Brandegee 53. 



Refs.— Festuca myuros L. Sp. PI. 74. 1753; Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 316. 1880; Uavy 

 in Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 69. 1901; Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 32, 1904. 



11. F. bromoides L. Similar to F. megalura; culms 4 to 12 inches high; 

 panicle dense, 2 to 4 inches long; glumes unequal, the first 2 lines long, the 

 second 3 to 3V2 lines long; lemma 3I/2 to 4 lines long, the awn 5 to 6 lines long. 



Dry hills and meadows, Santa Barbara and San Bernardino cos. to Vancouver 



Island; introduced from Europe. 



Kefs. — Festuca bromoides L. Sp. PI. 75. 1753. F. sriuroides Roth, Cat. Bot. 2: 11. 1800. 

 F. myuros L. var. sciiiroidcs Coss. in Coss. & Dur. Expl. Alger. 2 ; 174. 1867. 



Subgenus Eufestuca Griseb. Perennials, often denselj' tufted, sometimes 

 decumbent at base but not producing scaly rhizomes. 



12. F. rubra L. Cjilms erect from a decumbent or somewhat creeping base, 

 smooth, IVo to 3 feet high; sheaths smooth, the lowermost usually purple; 

 blades smootli, soft, usually folded or involute; panicle 2 to 8 inches long, 

 usually contracted and narrow, the rays mostl.y erect; spikelets 4 to 

 6-flowered, pale green or glaucous, often purple-tinged; lemmas 21/^ to 3V^ 

 lines long, smooth, or scalu-ous toward apex, bearing a scabrous awn usually 

 about 1/2 as long. 



Meadows and hills, in the Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino mountains, 

 and in the Coast Ranges as far south as Monterey. Northern part of the north 



