No. 87. 

 DUPONTIA FISHERI K. I!r. (Mnr. Mclv. L'Ol (IS'J.'J). 



rittiit perennial, tufted, from a strouj;, niiininj;' rootstock witli nniinToiis sterile 

 shoots. 



Culms ereet, simple, robust, (5 to 10 inches tall, 



/.(■tins of radical tufts and sterile shoots munerous, flat or folded, with attennat*- 

 piiiiils, siiiootli. twotliirdsaslonfiasthccidin: leavesof the cnlui^or.!; sheaths striate, 

 siiiodtii, JDose, half open above, exeeediuj; tlie internodes; blades 2 lines wide or less, 

 npper one shortei', all about equaling the radical leaves; li^iile truncate erose, less than 

 I iiiic long. 



hijlarescrnce ixw erect, olilong, rather closely flowered panicle li to .'3 indies lonj;; 

 rays in twos, threes, or fours at the 5 to 7 nodes of tlie slightly flexnons. thick, sniootli, 

 connnon axis, erect or almost appressed, smooth, 1 ii-.eli or less long, spikelet beating 

 nearly to the base. 



Spihclrfs s]iindle-shai)ed, mostly L" flowered, 3 lines long; eiMi)ty glumes exceeding 

 the llorets, ovate, with thin, golden, attenuate i)oints, smo<ith, the first Inerved, nearl,\ 

 ;j lilies long, the second ob.scurely 3 nerved below and sliglitly hniger; floral glume 

 broMdly lance-oblong, obtuse, often somewhat erose al)o\'e, thin, more or less jmbescent 

 t»n tlie back below and especially on the rattier i)rominent midnerve, 2 lateral nerves 

 obscure, 2 to 2i lines long; palet linear-oblong, bidentate at the apex, nearly smooth 

 on tlie 2 keels; lodicides 2 or 3, somewhat dentate or lac<\rate, i line long. 



I'CATE LXXXVII; II, spikeli't ojiened t >show position of llorets; li, empty glumes; 

 c, floret; (/, floral glume, dorsal view; c, palet. 



Alaska to (ri-eeidand, readily distinguished from other species of the genus by the 

 obtuse, i)ul)escent floral glumes and denser panicle. The specific name was spelled in 

 the original i)id)lication Fi.slicri. Subsequent authors have spelled it Fiscltcri ; 

 hence the mistake on the i)late. 



