138 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



2556; Horner 500; Lake <& Hull 80; without locality, Sandberg S Leiberg 482; Fort Van- 

 couver (ex Hooker) ; Stehekin, Griffiths d- Cotton 188. 



2k)NAL distribution: Transition. 



Our plant has been referred to Festuca ovina heterophylia of Europe, which, however, is 

 quite different. 



9a. Festuca ovina ingrata Hack. ; Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2 : 598. 1896. 



Blue bunchoIiass. 



Festuca ovina oregona Hack.; Beal, op. cit. 599. 



Festuca vaseyana Hack.; Beal, op. cit. 601. 



Festuca ovina columbiana Beal, op. cit. 599. 



Type locality: Oregon. Collected by Howell. 



Range: British Columbia and Allierta to California and Arizona. 



Specimens examined: Falcon Valley, Sulcsdorf 1142; Cascade Mountains, Henderson 

 2192; Blue Mountains, Lake cfc Hull 85, 76; Piper 2410; Ellensburg, Whitfd 640; Ophir, 

 Elmer 514; Pullman, Piper 1752; Elmer 826; Rock Creek, Piper 2610; Kamiak Butte, 

 Piper 3085; Steptoe, Vasey, in 1889; Clarks Springs, Kreager 68; Spokane, Kreager 41. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



9b. Festuca ovina supina (Schur) Hack. Mon. Fest. 88. 1882. 



Festuca supina Schur, Enum. PI. Transs. 784. 1866. 



Type locality: Transylvania. 



Range: Arctic regions, southward in the mountains to California, Arizona, and New 

 Hampshire. Europe. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, Piper 1985; Elmer 1911; Flett 91, 117; 

 Mount Baker, Flett 868; Mount Rainier, Allen 181; Piper 1960, 1958; Smith 958; Mount 

 Adams, Flett 1400; Klickitat River, Flett 1362. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



This subspecies has commonly been confused with the flaccid-leaved F. ovina bradiy- 

 phyUa (Schultes) Piper {F. brevifolia R. Br.) 



10. Festuca viridula Vasey. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Bot. Bull. 13: t. 93. 1893. 

 Festuca gracillima Hook. err. det. Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 318. 1880. 

 Type locality: "California." 



Range: Idaho and Washington to California. 



Specimens examined: Skagit Pass, Lake cfc Hull 116, 121; Peshastin, Sandberg <& 

 Leiberg 693; Mount Rainier, Piper 1959; Mount Adams, Flett 1397; Henderson 2200; 

 Suksdorf 449 ; Atanum River, Henderson 2191; Mount Rainier, Allen 180; Mount Carlton, 

 Kreager 276, 241; Cascade Mountains, Vasey 407. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



11. Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper, Contr. Nat. Herb. 10: 31. 1906. 

 Melica hallii Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 6: 296. 1881. 



Festuca scabrella major Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 1: 278. 1893. 



Type locality: Rocky Mountains between latitudes 39° and 41°. 



Range: Washington to Saskatchewan and Colorado. 



Specimens examined: Douglas County, Spillman, May 27, 1896; Wenache Mountains, 

 Elmer 460; without locality, Vasey 38; Steptoe, Vasey 5; Wenache Region, Fase )/ 441 ; 

 Spokane, Suksdorf in 1884; Chelan Butte, Griffiths & Cotton 165; Colville Reservation, 

 Griffiths cfc Cotton 353. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



12. Festuca elatior L. Sp. PI. 1: 75. 1753. Meadow Fescue. 

 Type locality: "Habitat in Europae pratis fertilissimis." 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Smith 1986; Naches River, Henderson 2234; Pullman, 

 Piper 2020; olfax, Vasey 46. 



