FESTUCE.E. Q23 



awn 4-8 mm. loug; j^alea linear, unevenly ciliate on the keels, nearly 

 as long as its glume. 



Washington, Suksdorf, HoioeU ; Oregon, Hoioell ; southern 

 California, Palmer, 233 ; Lower California, Orcutt. 



Washington to southern California. 



23. B. Suksdorfii Vasey, Coult. Bot. Gaz. 10:223 (1885). 



A stout erect tufted smooth perennial, 60-80 cm. high. 

 Sheaths smooth, all except the lower, shorter than the iuternodes; 

 ligule thick, 1 mm. long; blade, 5-6s erect, fiat, smooth, rather 

 abruptly j^ointed, 8-15 cm. long, 6-8 mm. wide. Panicle erect, 

 linear, 7-10 cm. long; rays in twos and threes, the longest 3-4 cm. 

 long, bearing 2-3 spikelets. Spikelets linear-lanceolate, 3-5- 

 flowered, longest joint of rachilla scabrous, 3 mm. loug; empty 

 glumes smooth, scarcely acute, first lanceolate, 3-nerved, the lateral 

 nerves obscure, 9 mm. long, second oblong-lanceolate, 3-nerved, 12 

 mm. long; floral glume oblong-lanceolate, round on the back, softly 

 pubescent, 5-7-nerved, 12-14 mm. long, including the entire rather 

 obtuse apex, awn 4 mm. long, leaving its glume on the back a little 

 below the apex; palea linear, finely pectinate-ciliate, 3 mm. shorter 

 than its glume. 



Washington, Suksdorff ; Oregon, Hovjell. 



Washington and Oregon, 7000 feet above the sea. 



24. B. breviaristatus (Hook.) Buckl. Proc. Acad. Phila. 98 

 (1863). Ceratocliloa hreviaristata Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:253 

 (1840). 



A rather stout erect perennial, 50-70 cm. high. Sheaths 

 about the length of the internodes, often pubescent; ligule 1 mm. 

 long; blades 4 in number, flat, pubescent or scabrous, 12-20 cm. 

 long, 4-8 mm. wide. Panicle loose, mostly erect, 10-20 cm. long, 

 rays erect, in twos or threes or often single, the longest 5-7 cm. 

 long, not including the 1-3 spikelets. Spikelets lanceolate, com- 

 pressed, scabrid, 6-8-flowered, joint of rachilla scabrid, 3 mm. 

 long, first empty glume lanceolate, 3-nerved, 8-10 mm. long, second 

 oval-lanceolate, 5-7-nerved, 10-12 mm. long; floral glume shortly 

 pubescent or scabrous, elliptical-lanceolate, obscurely 7-nerved, 

 11-13 mm, long, including 2 very short tips, awn 3-8 mm. long; 



