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Type locality: "Santa Barbara, Upper California." Collected by Nuttall. 



Range: Washington to California. Argentina. Chile. Portugal. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County Elmer, 1914; East Sound, Henderson 2175; 

 Seattle, Piper; Spokane, Leckenhy, June, 1898; Pullman, Piper 3062; Steptoe, Vasey 18, 

 20; Waitsburg, Horner R 231. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



6. i'estuca bromoidea L. Sp. PI. 1 : 75. 1753. 

 Type locality: "Habitat in Anglia, Gallia." 



Range: British Columbia to California. Introduced from Europe. 

 Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper 1137; Tacoma, Flett; Stuart Island, Lawrence 

 62, 136; Port Crescent, Laurence 257. 



7. Festuca rubra L. Sp. PI. 1 : 74. 1753. . Red fescue. 

 Festuca vallicola Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1 : 57. 1900. 



Type locality: European. 



Range: Subarctic regions, southward mainly along the seacoasts to California and Vir- 

 ginia, and in the mountains to Colorado. Europe. Asia. 



Specimens examined: Near Tacoma, Flett 40, Piper 2621; Spokane, Wilkes Expedition; 

 Piper 2594; Steptoe, Vasey 39; Pullman, Piper 1930, 3023; Horner 909; Clallam County, 

 Elmer 1912, 1913; Fairhaven, Piper 2607; Port Angeles, Piper 2309; Westport, Henderson 

 2173; Kitsap County, Piper 848; Seattle, Piper, July, 1891; Smith, May 29, 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



7a. Festuca rubra megastachys Gaud. Fl. Ileiv. 1: 287. 1828. 

 Festuca oregona Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 2: 126. 1877. 

 Type locality: Switzerland. 



Range: Alaska to Oregon and New Jersey. Europe. 

 Specimens examined: Klickitat County, jSuisdorf 1140; Klickitat River, iSi/Jtsdor/"1147. 



7b. Festuca rubra inultiflora(IIofrm.)Asch.&Graebn.Syn.Mitteleur.FI. 2: 499. 1900. 

 Festuca multiflora Ilollm. Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2. 1': 50. 1800. 

 Type locality: Germany. 



Range: Washington to Wyoming and California. Maine. Europe. 

 Specimens e.xamined: Spangle, Suisdor/" 119. 



7c. Festuca rubra kitaibeliana (Schultes) Piper, Contr. Nat. Herb. 10: 23. 1906. 

 Festuca kitaibelianu Schultes, Mant. 2: 398. 1824. 

 Festuca barbata Schrank, Prim. Fl. Salisb. 46. 1792, not L. 1759. 

 Bromus secundus Presl, Rel. Ilaf nk. 1 : 280. 1830. 

 Festuca rubra secunda Scribn. Ann. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10: 39. 1899. 

 Festuca rubra pubescens Vasey; Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2: 607. 1896. 

 Type locality: "In Hungaria" 



Range: Alaska to Oregon, Wyoming, and New England. Europe. Asia. 

 Specimens examined: Coupeville, (Gardner 332; west Klickitat County, <SM)ts(Zor/ 167. 

 Zonal distribution: Transition. 

 This subspecies is easily recognizable by its pubescent lemmas. 



8. Festuca occidentalis Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 249. 1840. 

 Festuca ovina polyphylla Vasey; Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2: 597. 1896. 



Type locality : " Plains and elevated grounds of the Columbia near the sea." Collected 

 by Douglas. 



Range: Idaho and British Columbia to California. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 1915, 1917; Nisqually Valley, Allen 50; 

 Seattle, Smith, M&y 20, 1889, Piper 834; Lake Chelan, Vasey 65; Skamania County, Flett 

 1385; Spokane, Piper, July 2, 1896; Kamiak Butte, Piper 3085; Blue Mountains, Piper 



