435 



gm, scaberulous on keel; grain 1 mm Ig. 



Parish, Erythea 7:89. 



Bragrostis orouttiana Vasey, U S Na 

 hb 1:269. 



Bragrostis mexicana McClatchie, Fl 

 Pasadena 628; Davidson, PI L A Co 32 

 (not Link). 



Australia; naturalized throughout 

 southern Cal. 



ERAGROSTIS POAEOIDBS Beauv. 

 Variety MBGASTACHYA A. Gray. 



Smith mt, S D Co (H. C. Orcutt). 



E. REPTANS Ness Agrost Bras 514. B 

 2:314. 



Genus KOEL.ERIA Pern. 



KGBLERIA CRISTATA Pers. 



Per; cu erect, tufted, 3-7 dm hi; 

 sheaths smooth, equaling or sh'er than 

 internodes; basal Ivs ^i-% as Ig as cu, 

 cu Ivs 2-4, 6-12 cm Ig, all glab; panicle 

 spk-like, somewhat lobed and inter- 

 rupted, 5-12 cm Ig; axis and branches 

 soft-pubescent; spkt 2-4-fld, 4-5 mm Ig; 

 1st gm 2.5-3.5 mm Ig. 2d 3-4 mm Ig; flg 

 gm = 2d empty one. 



S D (Or 495); Sauzal, Baja (Or 1426); Ju- 

 lian, Cal. (Or 1990); Arizona (Or 2534;2474). 



Genus MELICA Linnaeus. 

 MFLICA FRUTESCENS Scribn. 



San Diego; Baja; Mexico. 

 MBLICA IMPERFECTA Trin. 



Ab 46. Da 19. 



Cu slender, somewhat tufted, 3-10 dm 

 hi; sheaths exceeding internodes; blades 

 6-7, flat or becoming involute, com glab 

 or more or less scabrous, 15-20 cm Ig, 

 about 2 mm wide; panicle 2-3 dm Ig, its 

 branches in remote clusters, unequal, the 

 longer 5-7 cm Ig; spkt scabrid 1-fld, with 

 an imperfect fl or rarely 2-fld; empty 

 gm ovate or nearly so, 1st about 3 mm 

 Ig, 3-nerved, second slightly Ig'er, 5- 

 nerved; flg gm about 4 mm Ig, ovate, 

 obtuse, 7-nerved, oft p'lish; palea nearly 

 as Ig as its gm. 



Baja mts (Or 1170); Guadalupe; Cruz. 

 Variety FLEXUOSA Boland. Ab 46. Ha 

 50. Da 19. 



Much resembling type in habit and 

 foliage, but branches of panicle few-fld, 

 com in pairs, oft reflexed; spkt larger, 

 acuter. paler, more coriaceous. Monica 

 mts (Davidson). Limber Melic-grass. 

 Variety MINOR Scribner. 



Ab 46. "San Fernando mts, near 

 Chatsworth Park." 



Com densely tufted cu compressed or 

 angular; Ivs mostly basal; branches of 

 panicles sh, divergent or reflexed; spkt 

 sm'er than in type; outer gm sh'er and 

 more obtuse." 



Variety REFRACTA Thurber Da 19. Ab 

 47. 



Densely velvety-pubescent thruout; 

 panicle slender, flexuous, its branches 

 few, distant, strongly refracted: spkt 

 very acute. Monica. 

 MELICA POAEOIDES Nuttall. 



Baja (Or 513). 



Genus FOA Linnaeus. 



F. ABBREVIATA R Br in Parry, 1st voy 

 suppl 287. B 2:312. 



F. AXROEDES Nutt Gen 1:68. Da 19. B 



2:308 as Atropis distans Griseb. 



F. ALPI3STA L sp pi 67. B 2:312. Ha 60. 



438 



Mt spear-grass. 



F. ANDINA Nutt, herb, ex Wat Bot King 



388. B 2:309 as Atropis California. 



Parry, Wyo 16. 



F. ANGUSTIFOLIA Reichb, Ic Fl Germ 



t 160. B 2:313 as serotina. 



F. ANNUA I,, sp pi 68. B 2:311. Z 1:186. 



Ab 49. Da 19, Er 1:101 (LA Co). Eu. 



Br 1:205 Cruz. 



Santa Craz Island (Br). 



Ann; cu weak, compressed, 5-30 cm 

 Ig, decumbent; ligule 2-3 mm Ig; blades 

 of sterile shoots %-2-3ds as Ig as cu; 

 cu-lvs 3, flat; panicle subsecund, ovoid, 

 2-5 cm Ig, its branches com in pairs, 

 the Ig'est 2.5 cm Ig, bearing spkt above 

 middle; spkt nearly sessile, 3-7-fld, 4-6 

 mm Ig; empty gm compressed, about 2.5 

 mm Ig; flg gm ovate, smooth, erose at 

 apex, 2.8-3.1 mm Ig, with soft hairs on 

 keel and lower part of lateral nerves; 

 palea 2.5-2.8 mm Ig, ciliate or pubescent 

 on keels. Eu. 

 POA BIGELOVII Vasey and Scribner. 



S D mts! Baja; Texas; Colo.; Utah. 

 F. BUCKLE YAN A Nash, Torr cl b 22: 

 465 (1895). Ha 60. Bunch red-top. 

 F. CALIFORXICA Scibner, Torr cl b 

 10:31 (1883.) (Steud. Gram 261 = 

 Douglasii fide B 2:314). 

 F. CAPITATA Nutt, Am phil sc tr, ns, 

 5:146 (1837). B 2:315 as Eragrostis 

 reptans. 



F. CROCATA Michx Fl 1:68. B 2:313 

 as serotina. 



F. DOUGLASII Nees, Ann Nat Hist sr 

 1. 1:2S4 (1838). B 2:314. 

 POA FENDLERIANA Vasey. 



Per; cu tufted, 3-7 dm hi, com dice; 

 Ivs of sterile shoots com flat, 6-10 cm 

 Ig, 2 mm wide, cu-lvs 2-3, conduplicate, 

 1-10 cm Ig; ligule 3-5 mm Ig; panicle 

 spk-like, S-12 cm Ig, its branches in 2's 

 or 3's, fl-bearing on upper half; spkt 

 ovate-lanceolate, flattish, oft tinged 

 with p. 3.7-Md empty gm nearly equal, 

 compressed. 4-5 mm Ig fig gm oblg, 4-5 

 mm Ig, oft denticulate at apex, sca- 

 brous; palea lanceolate, scabrous, sh'er 

 than or equaling its gm. 



S Ber: S F; Colo.; N. M.; Mexico. 

 F. FLUITASIS Scop Fl Cam, ed 2, 1:73. 

 B 2:307 as Glyceria f. 



F. GLTCKARIS Trin, Mem Ac Petersb 

 sr 6, 1:379. B 2:313. 



F. HOWELLH Vasey & Scribner, Vasey, 

 Cat Grass. US 82. Br 1:205 Cruz. A 

 1:191 Ore. 



Variety CHANDLER! Davy. A 1:191 

 fdr. 



F. HYFNOIDES Lam 111 1:185. B 2:315 

 as Eragrostis reptans. 



F. IXFIRMA HBK, Nov Gen et sp 1:158. 

 Ab 50 . 



Ann: cu slender, spreading, 1-2 dm 

 Ig; sheaths compressed, loose; ligule 2 

 mm Ig; Ivs smooth; panicle ovoid, 2-4 

 cm Ig, its branches mostly in pairs 

 bearing 2-5 spkt above; spkt subsessile, 

 oblg, 2-4-fld, 3-4 mm Ig; empty gm 

 scarious on tips and margins, 2d larger 

 than 1st, 2-2.2 mm Ig; flg gm broadly 

 oval, about 3 mm Ig, scarious toward 

 apex and on margins, ciliate on keels 

 and margins below; palea nearly equal- 

 ing gm. ciliate on keels. 

 F. KAIBENSXS Jones, Er 4:36 based on 



