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have the degree, minute and second type in his font he proceeds 

 to batcher the text till the poor author goes crazy. 



A. Jonesii Yascy is the var. fugitiva of A. Calif ornica as is 

 shown by the type in my herbarium. 



Alopecurus Californicus, Piper in his Fl. Wash 110 says the 

 anthers of A. saccatus are white and of the other orange. My own 



specimens from Pullman of A. Californica have both white and 

 orange anthers in the same spike 



Sporobolus Nealleyi Vasey has some ludicrous citations. It 

 was published in Torr. Bull. 15 49 1888, then in Cont. Nat. Herb. 

 1 57 1890, then in 3 62 1892. In the last he gives the first place 

 of publication as Bot. Gaz. 16 48. Beal in Gr. 2 301 follows suit 

 and the Kew Index does the same, only it goes one better by ma- 

 king it 15 49. Great are our tribulations when we get too lazy to 

 look up our citations, and we all do it. 



Eriocoma caduca (Beal) Rydberg is credited by Nelson in his 

 Fl. 51 to Scribner, following Rydberg's similar blunder in Flora 

 Mont. 25. It was first published in Beal Bot. Gaz. 15 111 as Ory- 

 zopsis. 



Leptoloma Mrs. Chase in Biol. Soc. Wash, erects this genus 

 from the Greek words " leptos" and "loma" the genus is there- 

 fore neuter and not feminine as she makes it. 



Calamogrostis. This genus as revised by Kearney could hard- 

 ly have been done much worse. It is full of intergrading so called 

 species which are mere forms. The length cf callus hairs and rela- 

 tive width of leaves are slim specific foundations. 



Stipa pinetorum Jones is a peculiar form of Eriocoma Webberi. 



Stipa spartea var. Tweedyi (Scribner). 



S. Tweedyi Scribner Bull. Div. Agrost. II 47. 



Stipa Parishii var. depauperata n. var. 



Stems about half a foot high, rigid. Leaves 'about 5 cm. long, in- 

 volute, arcuate, acute, about 2 mm. wide when open. Ligrule ru- 

 dimentary. Panicle 5-* cm. long, few- flowered, sub racemose. 

 Glumes 10-12 mm. long, the upper a trifle the longer, very sea 

 brous. Lemma about 5 mm. long, broadly linear. Awn about 1.5 

 cm. long, kinked in the middle, Detroit Utah, May %5 1801, Low- 



er Temperate Life Zone. 



Hendersoni (Vasey) 



O. Heudersoni Vasey Cont. Nat. Herb. 1 $o7. 



S. giganteus Nash Torr. Bull. 25 88. 



Eriochloa punctata var. aris 



E. aristata Vasey Torr. Bull. 13 229 



cryptandrus var. giganteus (Nash.) 



(Vasey) 



