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7. F. microstachys Nutt. Habit of F. reflexa; differing in having pubescen 

 lemmas. Less frequent than that species. 



Banks, hillsides and open ground, California to Oregon. 



Locs. Napa City, Jepson in 1893; Yosemite Nat. Park, Chase 5702; Carmel Mission, Heller 

 6583; Salt Creek, Tulare Co., Eastwood in 1894 in part; Pasadena, Allen in 1885. 



Refs. FESTUCA MICROSTACHYS Nutt. Jour. Acad. Phila. II. 1 : 187. 1848, type from ' ' Pue- 

 blo de los Angeles, Upper California"; Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 317. 1880; Davy in 

 Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 69. 1901; Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 51. 1904. 



8. F. eastwoodae Piper. Differs from F. reflexa in having pubescent glumes 

 and lemmas. Rare. 



Open pine forests: Santa Lucia Mts. ; Salt Creek, Tulare Co., Eastwood i 

 1894 in part ; Volcano, collector unknown. 



Ref. FESTUCA EASTWOODAE Piper, Contr. Nat. Herb. 10: 16. 1906, type from Santa Lucia 

 Mts., Eastwood in 1897. 



9. F. megalura Nutt. Culms 8 inches to 2 feet high; sheaths and blades 

 smooth; panicle narrow, 3 to 8 inches long, the branches appressed; spike- 

 lets 4 or 5-flowered ; glumes glabrous, very unequal, the first about 1 line long 

 or less, the second 2 to 2^ lines long; lemmas linear-lanceolate, scabrous above, 

 ciliate on the upper half, attenuate into an awn about twice its length. The 

 cilia on the lemmas, by w r hich this species is distinguished from F. myuros, are 

 sometimes hidden by the incurved edges of the lemma at maturity. 



Cultivated or open ground, sandy soil, and waste places, mostly in the Coast 

 Ranges; extends from British Columbia to Idaho and Lower California. 



Eefs. FESTUCA MEGALUEA Nutt. Jour. Aead. Phila. II. 1: 188. 1848, type from Santa Bar- 

 bara, Gambel. F. myuros L. var. ciliata [Coss. misapplied by] Davy in Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. 

 Cal. 70. 1901; Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 52. 1904. This is included under F. myuros L. by 

 Thurber (Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 316. 1880). 



10. F. myuros L. Similar to F. megalura but lemmas not ciliate. 



Open ground, introduced from Europe into the Eastern States; rare on the 

 Pacific Coast. San Francisco, Wilkes Exped. ; San Diego, Brandegee 86 in part ;. 

 Santa Catalina Island, Brandegee 53. 



Eefs. FESTUCA MYUROS L. Sp. PI. 74. 1753; Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 316. 1880; Davy 

 in Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 69. 1901; Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 32. 1904. 



11. F. bromoides L. Similar to F. megalura; culms 4 to 12 inches high; 

 panicle dense, 2 to 4 inches long; glumes unequal, the first 2 lines long, the 

 second 3 to 3% lines long ; lemma S 1 /^ to 4 lines long, the awn 5 to 6 lines long. 



Dry hills and meadows, Santa Barbara and San Bernardino cos. to Vancouver 

 Island; introduced from Europe. 



Eefs. FESTUCA BROMOIDES L. Sp. PI. 75. 1753. F. sciuroides Eoth, Cat. Bot. 2: 11. 1800. 

 F. myuros L. var. sciuroides Coss. in Coss. & Dur. Expl. Alger. 2 : 174. 1867. 



Subgenus EUFESTUCA Griseb. Perennials, often densely tufted, sometimes 

 decumbent at base but not producing scaly rhizomes. 



32. F. rubra L. Culms erect from a decumbent or somewhat creeping base. 

 smooth, 11/2 to 3 feet high; sheaths smooth, the lowermost usually purple; 

 blades smooth, soft, usually folded or involute ; panicle 2 to 8 inches long, 

 usually contracted and narrow, the rays mostly erect; spikelets 4 to 

 6-flowered, pale green or glaucous, often purple-tinged; lemmas 2!/2 to 3^ 

 lines long, smooth, or scabrous toward apex, bearing a scabrous awn usually 

 about % as long. 



Meadows and hills, in the Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino mountains, 

 and in the Coast Ranges as far south as Monterey. Northern part of the north- 



