FESTUCE^. 591 



mm. long, intermediate nerves sometimes obscure; palea nearly as 

 long, ciliolate on the keels. Anthers 5 mm. long. 



Montana, Canhy <£• Scribner 407; Washington, G. R. Vasey; 

 California, Bolander c0 Kellogg in 1872. 



12. F. Howellii Hack. 



An erect perennial, about 70 cm. high. Blades of sterile shoots 

 short, those of the culm 2-3 in number, scabrid, erect, involute, 8- 

 16 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide; sheaths of the culm-leaves much shorter 

 than the internodes; ligule less than 1 mm. long. Panicle erect, 

 open, thin, secuud, 10-12 cm. long, rays scabrous, mostly in pairs, 

 spreading, the longest 6-7 cm. long, bearing a few spikelets on the 

 outer third. Spikelets tinged with red, linear-lanceolate, 8-12 mm. 

 long, 4-5-flowered, joint of rachilla 1 mm. long; first empty glume 

 ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, second linear-lanceolate, about 4 mm. 

 long; floral glume about 6 mm. long, awn 2 mm. long, scabrous, 

 membranous, linear-lanceolate, with five conspicuous nerves; palea 

 lanceolate, a little exceeding its glume, scabrous below and on 

 the keels. 



Oregon (Deer Creek Mountains), Howell in 1887, distributed by 

 U. S. Dept. Agricul. 



13. F. ELATiOR L. Sp. PI. 75 (1753). Tall Fescue. F. apen- 

 nina De Not. Prosp. Fl. Ligust. 56. F. arctica Schur, Enum. 

 PI. Transs. 799 (1866). F. articulata De Not. Pari. Fl. Ital. 

 1:455. F. australis Schur, 1. c. 798 (1866). F. crefica Hack. 

 Nym. Consp. 825 (1878). F. Fenas Lag. Gen. et Sp. Nov. 4 (1816). 

 F. heteromalla Pourr. Mem. Acad. Toul. 3:319 (1788). F. in- 

 terrupta Desf. Fl. Atlant. 1:89 (1798). F. latifoUa Dulac, FL 

 Ilautes-Pyr. 93 (1867). F. laxa Gaud. Agrost. Ilelv. 1:261 

 (1811). F. liforea Hack. Monog. Fest. Eu. 153 (1882). F. loliacea 

 Lam. Encyc. 2:462 (1783). F. or ieufalis Kevn. Hack. Monog. 

 Fest. Eu. 154 (1882). F. radicans Steud. Syn. PI. Gram. 309 

 (1855). F. simplex Boiss. & Bal. Diagn. (IL) 4: 138 (1859). F. 

 spadkea Ma?nch, Meth. 190 (1794). 



A tufted perennial, 50-120 cm. high, often with short creeping 

 rootstocks. Sheaths smooth, striate, shorter than the internodes ; 

 ligule of upj^er sheath short, blades of the culm 3 in number, flat. 



