no. 2 gentry : land plants 21 



Gramineae 



DiSTiCHLis SPICATA (L.) Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2:415. 

 1887. 



Santa Cruz Island, Prisoners Harbor, September 14, Elmore 289. 



On both coasts of North America through the temperate and sub- 

 tropical regions in saline soils and marshes ; type from the north Atlantic 

 coast. Also known on Catalina, San Nicolas, San Miguel, and Santa 

 Rosa Islands. 



Elymus triticoides Buckl., Proc. Acad. Phil. 1862:99. 



San Miguel Island, Tyler Bight, August 3, Elmore 317. 



Widely distributed in the western United States; type from the 

 Rocky Mountains. Known from San Miguel, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, 

 and Santa Catalina Islands. 



Festuca megalura Nutt., Jour. Acad. Phil. II, 1:188. 1848. 



Santa Cruz, hill west of Prisoners Harbor, April 17, Elmore 444. 



Mostly maritime from British Columbia and Idaho south to Baja 

 California; type locality, Santa Barbara, California. On the islands it 

 is known from Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Catalina. 



Festuca pacifica Piper, C.N.H. 10:12. 1906. 



Santa Cruz Island, hill west of Prisoners Harbor, April 17, Elmore 

 454. 



Maritime from British Columbia to Baja California and the Chan- 

 nel Islands of San Miguel (Hoffman ??) and San Nicolas. 



Monanthocloe littoralis Engelm., Trans. Acad. St. Louis 1 :437. 

 1859. 



San Miguel, Tyler Bight, August 3, Elmore 318. 



Littoral in salt marshes, tidal flats, and strands throughout tropical 

 America and north on the Pacific coast to Santa Barbara; type from 

 Texas. The only other records from the Channel Islands are from 

 Catalina. 



Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1:67. 1798. 



Santa Rosa, Becher Bay, August 3, Elmore 193. Santa Cruz, Pris- 

 oners Harbor Canyon, September 14, Elmore 267 . 



Introduced from Europe, common now from Alaska to Mexico along 

 the coast. Also on Santa Catalina, San Miguel, San Nicolas, and Santa 

 Cruz Islands. 



