188 POACE^. 



the nerves, purplish, obtuse, the inuer one a little longer, barely- 

 equalling the lateral floral glumes; floral glumes of the lateral flor- 

 ets with ciliate margins, and a slight awn from the broad emargi- 

 nate apex; floral glume of the terminal floret shining, ciliate above; 

 palea 1-nerved. Lodicules half as long as the palea. 

 Oregon, Howell. 



Fig. 39. — Savastana macrophylla. Spikelet. (Richardson.) 



A very robust species, found in the redwoods of the Coast Range 

 of the Western United States. 



5. S. pauciflora (R. Br.) Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club, 5:233 

 (1884). 



Hierochloe 2Miiciflom R. Br. App. Parry, 1st Voy. 193 (1824). 



Culms erect, 20-40 cm. high. Leaf-blades of the sterile shoots 

 involute, subulate, the upper one of the culm very sharp. Panicle 

 erect, simple, contracted, 3.5-8 cm. long, containing about 40 

 spikelets, lower rays single, the upper in pairs. Spikelets broadly 

 oval, about 5 mm. long. Emj)ty glumes broadly ovate, acute, 

 brownish purple, with tips and margins scabrous; floral glumes of 

 the lateral florets scabrid throughout, as seen under a lens, char- 

 taceous, ciliate on the margins, apex scarious, entire, mid-nerve 

 stout, extending into a slight awn; palea linear; floral glume of 

 the terminal floret brown, membranous, nerves distinct, slightly 

 ciliate above; palea three-fourths as long as its glume, oval, 1-2- 

 nerved, linear, hyaline. Lodicules acuminate. 



Melville and Anticosta Islands and probably in many interven- 

 ing places. 



