FLORA OF THE KURILE ISLANDS. 2(39 



GRAMINEiE. 



283. Phalaris arundinacea, L. ; Tiin. Phalai'. p. 11; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. ir, p. 231; Fr. 



& Sav. Eiium. ii, p. 157. DigrapMs arundinacea, Trin. Fund. Agros. p. 127; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Eoss. iv, p. 451; Max. Fl. Amui-. p. 326; F. Schm. Fi. Sach. p. 201. 

 Ilah. Etorofii, at Tsurubetsii and Rubetsu. 



Distrih. Widely distributed in the north temperate zone, extending- to the Arctic re- 

 gion. 



284. Hierochloe borealis, Koem. & Schnlt. Syst. u, p. 513; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv, p. 407; 



Keg. & Til. FI. Ajan. p. 126; Max. Fl. Amur. p. 322; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 201; 



Fr. & Sav. Enmn. n, p. 157. 

 Hah. Etorofn, at Rubetsu. 

 Distrih. Arctic, alpine and northern Europe, ]S^orth America and Asia. 



285. Alopecurus geniculatus, L., sub-sp. fulvus, Hook. f. Fl. of Brit. Isl. 3rd ed. p. 474. 



A. fulvus, Smith; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv, p. 464; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 203; 



Franchet, PI. Dav. p. 329. A. gmicnkdus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 49; A. Gray, PI. 



Jap. p. 328; Fr. & Sav. Enum. ii, 158. 

 Hah. Etorofa, at Furubetsu. 



The Japanese specimens in the Gray Herbarium, collected in different parts of the 

 country (i^agasaki, Yokohama, Hakodate, Sapporo), are all referable to A. fulvus, Sm. 

 They are all glaucous, and have inflated sheaths and yellow or oi'ange-yellow anthers. 

 The plant has been found in Saghalin, northern China, Hongkong, Himalaya, and Altai 

 to Europe. Some of the specimens from northwest America can scarcely be distinguished 

 from ou)" plant. 



286. Agrostis canina, L.; Tiin. Agro.stidea, p. 87; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv, p. 440; Reg. & 



Til. Fl. Ajan. p. 127; Max. Fl. Amur. p. 325; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 201. 

 Hah. Shikotan. Etorofu, at Shara. 



Distrih. Northern Japan, Saghalin, throughout northern Asia to Europe and Hima- 

 laya, northern and mountain districts of North America, South America, and Australasia. 



287. Agrostis perennans, Tuckerm. in Sillim. Journ. 1843, ]i. 44; A. Gray, Manual, 5th 



ed. p. 611; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 165; Fr. & Sav. Enum. ii, p. 166. A. Mi.cJi- 

 au.rii, var. clarata,Tnn. Uni- et Sesqui-f. p. 206; Bong. Vcg. Sitcha, p. 170. A. 

 laxijlora, F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 203. A. scahra, A. Gray, PI. Jap. p. 328. 

 Hah. Etorofu, at Tsurubetsu and Noboi-i. 



Our plant has flat leaves and gi-eenish flowers, which are sometimes slightly tinged 

 with a purplish color. The panicle is bi-anched fi'om about the middle, and is more or less 

 scabrous, as also the keel of the glumes. The plant is just about intermediate in its gen- 

 eral characters between A. perennans and scahra. A specimen from Saghalin, collected 

 by F. Schmidt, coincides ver}^ closely with ours; so is also one named A. Michauxii, 

 var. clavata, from Kamtschatka. The present form seems to occur also in northwestern 

 America to Coloi-ado (J. "Wolf) and to the lake region. 



288. Deschampsia flexuosa, Trin. in Mem. Ac. St.-Pet. 1836, p. 9; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv, 



p. 420; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 202; Fr. & Sav. Enum. ii, p. 172. Aira flexuosa, 

 L.; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. p. 243; Trautv. & Mey. Fl. Och. p. 105. 



