l^S'i.-] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 153 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COM- 

 MANDED ISLANDS. 



No. 8.— Dksckiptiox or Ai.oi'ixniius STKJNKOEm, a new Species of Guars fhom 

 THE Commander Islands. 



By GEO. VASEY, M. ». 



Alopecurus Stejiiegeri, Vasey. 



Culms .i foot to 1 foot long, decumbent and gTMiicnlate below; leaves 

 2 to 3 inches long, njnier sheaths inllated, ligule conspicuous, nienibrau- 

 aceous, truncate; spike ovoid oblong, ^v to IJ inch long, about £ inch 

 thick, densely flowered; spikelets 2^ to 3 lines long, 1 line wide ; outer 

 glumes very villous, ^ longer than the flower; flowering glume 2 lines 

 long, A line wide, sparsely hairy near the apex, awn attached near the 

 base, equaling or l longer than the spikelet. 



Differs from the arctic forms of A. al2)itii(.s]n the larger size, especially 

 of the spike, in the larger ligule, the much longer and narrower and 

 more densely hairy outer glumes, and the narrower and longer flower. 



Collected by Mr. L. Stejneger on the Commander Islands, in llussian 

 territory, but probably also to be found within the American lines. 



[The type specimens were collected on Bering Island, at the South 

 Rookery, and on Copper Island, at Karabelnij, and were referred to as 

 A. al2nnus in the original report on the jdants (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 VII, pp. 529, 538).— L. Stejneger. | 



