FESTUCE^, 607 



0.7-1.2 mm. diam. Panicle tliiu, oi^en, 6-12-18 cm. long, rays 

 single, branching, 2.5 cm. long, bearing a few spikelets. Spike- 

 lets lanceolate, 2-3-6-flowerecl, about 7 mm. long, joint of rachilla 

 1.5 mm. long, jointed near the middle; second glume lance-linear, 

 3-nerved, 3.5 mm. long; floral glume rather thin, oval-lanceolate, 

 5 mm. long, bearing an awn twice its length; palea longer than 

 its glume. 



Vancouver Island, Macoun in 1887. 



Var. pubescens Yasey ined. 



Loosely tufted, 50-80 cm. high. Sheaths of sterile shoots 

 mostly torn into strips, blades erect, 20-40 cm. long, in section 

 triangular, 7-9 mm. diam., those of the culm flat or conduplicate, 

 2 mm. wide, 7-9-nerved. Panicle 10-15 cm. long, interrupted, 

 more or less pubescent throughout; lower rays in pairs, 5-8 cm. 

 long, rather densely flowered on the upper two-thirds. Spikelets 

 linear-lanceolate, 11-13 mm. long, 5-8-flowered, more or less 

 tinged with violet, second glume oblong, abruptly acute, 3-nerved 

 to near the apex; floral glume oval, acute, 6 mm. long, the awn 

 2-5 mm. long; palea linear, acute, subentire, longer than its 

 glume. Antliers over 3 mm. long. 



Oregon, Howell for U. S. Dept. Agricul. 



Var. littoralis Vasey ined. 



Glaucous and smooth; culms 10-15 cm. high from creeping 

 rootstocks. Blades obtuse, involute, grooved, 5-ribbed, oval to tri- 

 angular, about 0.7 mm. diam. Panicle dense, scarcely exserted, 

 secund, 3-5 cm. long, 6-8 mm. diam. Spikelets oval to linear- 

 lanceolate, 5-flowered, 7-8 mm. long; second glume ovate-lanceo- 

 late, 3-uerved; floral glume oval, acute, 5 mm. long, awn 1-2 

 mm. long; palea as long as its glume. Anthers 2.7 mm. long. 



Oregon (on sand-dunes by the sea), Howell in 1882. 



Var. genuina Hack. Monog. Test. Eu. 132 (1882). 



Loosely c^espitose, creeping more or less, 30-50 cm. high. 

 Blades of sterile shoots obtuse, setaceous, obtusely hexagonal, 5-7- 

 nerved, 0.6-0.7 diam., those of the culm flat, pubescent above; 

 sheaths glabrous. Panicle secund. 3-7 cm. long, rather dense. 

 Spikelets oblong-lanceolate, 7-8 mm. long; second glume lanceo- 



