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5 mm, long; lemmas scaberulous toward the apex, 6 to 8 mm long; awn 

 somewhat flexuous, 10 to 15 mm long. 91 Moist shady places 

 from sea level to 1,000 m, British Columbia to northern California, 

 mostly near the coast. Peculiar 

 in the stipitate base of the lem- 

 ma. Aspect of F. subulata. 



15. Festuca subulata Trin. 

 BEARDED FESCUE. (Fig. 75.) 

 Culms erect, mostly 50 to 100 

 cm tall; blades flat, thin, lax, 3 to 

 10 mm wide; panicle loose, open, 

 drooping, 15 to 40 cm long, the 

 branches mostly in twos or threes, 

 naked below, finally spreading or 

 reflexed, the lower as much as 

 15 cm long; spikelets loosely 3- to 5-flowered; glumes narrow, acu- 

 minate, the first about 3 mm, the second about 5 mm, long; lemmas 

 somewhat keeled, scaberulous toward the apex, the intermediate nerves 



obscure, 



the tip at- 

 tenuate into 



an awn 5 to 20 



mm long. 91 



Shady banks 



and moist 



thickets, up to 



FIGURE 75. Festuca subulata. Panicle, X 

 X 5. (Hitchcock 23511, Oreg.) 



floret, 



2,000 m 



FIGURE 76. Distribution of 

 Festuca subulata. 



southeastern Alaska to Wyoming, 

 Utah, and northern California (fig. 



1(5 . Festuca elm ri Scribn and 



Merr. (Fig. 77.) Culms loosely 

 tufted, slender 40 to 100 cm tall, or 

 even taller; blades flat, scabrous or 

 pubescent on upper surface, 2 to 4 

 mm wide, those of the innovations 

 narrower, more or less involute ; pan- 

 icle loose, open, 10 to 20 cm long, the 

 branches slender, somewhat droop- 

 ing, naked below, the lower as much 

 as 10 cm long; spikelets 3 or 4-flow- 

 ered; glumes lanceolate-acuminate, 

 the first 2 to 2.5 mm, the second 3 to 

 4 mm, long; lemmas membranaceous, 

 hispidulous, about 6 mm long, the 

 nerves rather prominent, the apex 

 minutely 2-toothed ; awn 2 to 8 mm 

 long. 91 Wooded hillsides, up 

 to 500 m, mostly in the Coast 

 Kanges, Oregon to central California. 



FESTUCA ELMERI var. CONFERTA (Hack.) Hitchc. More luxuriant; 



spikelets often 5- or 6-flowered and somewhat congested on the panicle 



branches^ 91 (F. jonesii var. conjerta Hack.) Coast Kanges of 



California. 



FIGURE 77. Festuca elmeri. Panicle, X 

 spikelet, X 5. (Type.) 



