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Distrih. In the littoral rej^ion of central Europe; in Manchuria, Saglialin, northern 

 Yezo and northwestern America. 



296. Festuca ovina, L.; Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv, 350; Turcz. Fl. Baie.-Dah. rr, 1, p. 



339; Keg. & Til. Fl. Ajan. p. ll^o ; Max. Fl. Amur. p. 318; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 

 200; Fr. & Sav. Enum. ii, p. 181. 

 JlaJj. Shikotan. 



Distrih. Europe, northern Africa, northern Asia, Himalaya, Japan ; North and South 

 America; New Zealand and Australia. 



The plant coincides very well with the descriptions of var. violacea, ( Jaud., as given by 

 Grisebach and Maximowicz. 



297. Festuca rubra, L.; Bong. Veg. Sitcha, p. 173; Hoolf. Fl. Bor.-Am. ir, p. 2i50; 



Ledeb. Fl. Eoss. iv, p. 352; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 200; Miq. Prol. p. 170; Fr. 



& Sav. Enum. ii, p. 181. 

 Ilab. JStorofu, at Tsurubetsu. 

 Distrih. Arctic and northern temperate regions of Europe, Asia and North America. 



298. Elymus mollis, Trin. in Spreng. Entd. ir, p. 72; Bong. Veg. Sitcha, p. 171; Griseb. 



in Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv, p. 332; Trautv. & Mey. Fl. Ochot. p. 102; Reg. & Til. 



Fl. Ajan. p. 125; Max. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 317; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 198. U. 



arenarius and mollis, Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. ir, p. 255. E. arenarius, Miq. Prol. 



p. 174. 

 Jlah. Shikotan. Etorofii, in the vicinity of Shana. 



The northeastern Asiatic and American plants have the glumes broad-laueeolate in 

 shape, and short-acuminate, soft, silky-hairy on the back, with 3-5 (-7) prominent veins. 

 The typical European E. arenarius, on the other hand, has a lanceolate long-acuminate 

 setaceous glume, which is glabrous, except toward its tip; and tlie lateral veins are not 

 so prominent as in the case of E. mollis. The character of the leaves is variable ac- 

 cording to the nature of the locality and is not to be depended upon as a distinguishing 

 character. 



Distrih. Northern Japan; Saghalin; Manchuria; arctic and eastern Siljeria; Kam- 

 tschatka; Alaska to Oregon, eastward across British America and the lake region to the 

 Atlantic coast from northern New England to Greenland. 



299. Bambusa kurilensis. — Arundinaria hurilensis, Rupr. in Bull. Petersb. viir, p. 121; 



Steudel, Syn. Glum. p. 335; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv, p. 395; Munro, Monogr. Bamb. 

 p. 17; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 198 (var. genuina). 



Hah. Urup! Etorofu, very common. According to Pallas this plant occurs on 

 every island south of Ketoi. 



"While I was in Etorofu I searched carefully for the flowers and fruits of the bamboo so 

 common in that island, but without any success. The original Kiu-ile specimen, from 

 Avhich Ruprecht desci-ibed very minutely its characters, was in fruit. The number of its 

 stamens was not known to him. Under such circumstances, it was most natin-al for 

 any one to place the plant under Arundinaria, as there is a remarkable resemblance 

 between it and the plants of that genus. 



Among my Yezo collection, I have two distinct Bamhusa, one of which is B. senanen- 



