858 MISC. PUBLICATION 200, U. S. DEFT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Tragus elatior Panz.; Jacks., Ind. Kew. 4: 1098. 1895, as synonym of Festuca 



elatior L. 

 Gnomonia elatior Lunell, Amer. Midi. Nat. 4: 224. 1915. Based on Festuca 



elatior L. 

 FESTUCA ELATIOR var. ARUNDINACEA (Schreb.) Wimm., Fl. Schles. ed. 3. 59. 



1857. Based on F. arundinacea Schreb. 



Festuca arundinacea Schreb., Spic. Fl. Lips. 57. 1771. Germany. 

 Bromus arundinaceus Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 2: 141. 1789. Based on Festuca 



arundinacea Schreb. 

 (16) Festuca elmeri Scribn. and Merr., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 468. 1902. 



Stanford University, Calif., Elmer 2101. 

 FESTUCA ELMERI var. CONFERTA (Hack.) Hitchc., Amer. Jour. Bot. 21: 128. 



1934. Based on F. jonesii var. conferta Hack. 

 Festuca jonesii var. conferta Hack.; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 593. 1896. San 



Jose Normal School, California. 

 Festuca elmeri luxurians Piper, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 38. 1906. Based 



on F. jonesii var. conferta Hack. 

 Festuca geniculata (L.) Cav., An. Cienc. Nat. Madrid 6: 150. 1803. Based on 



Bromus geniculatus L. 



Bromus geniculatus L., Mant. PL 33. 1767. Portugal. 

 Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill., Hist. PI. Dauph. 2: 110. 1787. Based on Bromus 



giganteus L. 



Bromus giganteus L., Sp. PI. 77. 1753. Europe. 

 Forasaccus giganteus Bubani, Fl. Pyr. 4: 383. 1901. Based on Bromus 



giganteus L. 

 (8) Festuca grayi (Abrams) Piper, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 14. pi. 3. 1906. 



Based on F. microstachys grayi Abrams. 

 Festuca microstachys var. ciliata A. Gray; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 585. 1896. 



Not F. ciliata Gouan, 1762. Grants Pass, Oreg., Howell. Beal's specimen 



is a mixture of F. grayi and F. confusa, but the description applies to F. grayi. 

 Festuca microstachys grayi Abrams, Fl. Los Angeles 52. 1904. Based on 



F. microstachys var. ciliata A. Gray; Beal. 

 (33) Festuca idahoensis Elmer, Bot. Gaz. 36: 53. 1903. Smiths Valley, 



Shoshone County, Idaho, Abrams 688. 

 Festuca ovina var. ingrata Hack.; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 598. 1896. Oregon, 



Howell. 

 Festuca ovina var. columbiana Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 599. 1896. [Blue 



Mountains], Wash., Lake. 

 Festuca ovina var. oregona Hack.; Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 599. 1896. Oregon, 



Cusick 753. 

 Festuca ingrata Rydb., BuU. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 608. 1905. Based on 



F. ovina var. ingrata Hack. 

 Festuca ingrata nudata Rydb., Colo. Agr. Expt. Sta. BuU. 100: 50. 1906. 



"F. ovina var. nudata Vasey", (herbarium name only), Colorado, [Beardslee 



in 1892]. 

 Festuca amethystina var. asperrima subvar. idahoensis St. Yves, Candollea 2: 



260. 1925. Based on F. idahoensis Elmer. 

 Festuca amethystina var. asperrima subvar. robusta St. Yves, Candollea 2: 264. 



1925. Walla Walla, Wash., Piper 2410. 

 (18) Festuca kingii Cassidy, Colo. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bull. 12: 36. 1890. On the 



North Poudre, Colo. It may be based on Poa kingii S. Wats., though that is 



not cited; there is a description. Proposed as new by Scribner, U.S.Dept. 



Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 5: 36. 1897. Based on Poa kingii S. Wats. 

 Poa kingii S. Wats., in King, Geol. Expl. 40th Par. 5: 387. 1871. East Hum- 



boldt Mountains, Watson 1317. (Not invalidated by Festuca kinqiana 



Steud., 1854.) 

 Festuca confinis Vasey, BuU. Torrey Bot. Club 11: 126. 1884. Pen Gulch, 



Colo., Vasey. 

 Festuca watsoni Nash, in Britt., Man. 148. 1901. Based on Festuca kingii 



Scribn. 

 Hesperochloa kingii Rydb., BuU. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 106. 1912. Based on 



Poa kingii S. Wats. 

 Wasatchia kingii Jones, Contrib. West. Bot. 14: 16. 1912. Based on Poa 



kingii S. Wats. 

 FESTUCA KINGII var. RABIOSA (Piper) Hitchc., Amer. Jour. Bot. 21: 128. 1934. 



Based on F. confinis rabiosa Piper. 

 Festuca confinis rabiosa Piper, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 41. 1906. 



Crazy Womans Creek, Wyo., Williams and Griffiths 25. 



