-^ -^ Pa«/./« narrow., ,./</, „,,,, ,, ;,.„ ,,,,^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^.^^^^^ ^.^^^_ 

 ^ Lower palet less thayi 3 //«e.s ^«y. 



.lm„cs obt„.a, eroJa,! an.l .„,„„timo» n.ucx.nL, h;a ,o „i f. X „ f u ' ^'1^ 

 Imso, til,, ,m,l„ofvo cxtmiiicly .idioatc, ami ll,o oti.e,-, „„t „,a, ,Lf " i ^ T 



of uhUlH^Jh'"?^' ^'""- ^'"''"' ^^ ^"°^ ^'^^ ''■^'^'' ^^^^''^^1 '-^t base by tbe remains 



nodes t..o upper so.L.hati..H.tecl, ^^. t:n^ ^{t\^t:\^^1Z 

 «reen tlircgboufc : pan.do G to 1 2 inci.es Icn^, erect, narrovv ; nryrUi ta. ^1 e lo wt 



ong. glumes nearly equal, acuminate in a slender point, .3-nerve,l niinutelv sT. 

 brous and onc-tourtl. longer than the fusiform short-calLsed floret 1 ^ ale L,o^^^^^ 

 2h lines long, nnnutely 2-toothed at the apex, brownish at maturity with W nthe 

 coarse ha.rs; upper palet nearly equal ; awn G to 9 lines lon.^ II •';, se v Sou t 

 near the nuddle, below which it is strongly pubescent (^r^oJ^^^^fZ^ 

 above: anthers conspicuonsly beardcl. _ 111. i. 158; Trin. .^ I upr. SUnacerS 

 A. Bloomen, Jloland. in Proc. Calif. yVcad. iv. 1G8. '^"pacex, OJ. 



Mono Lake and near Sonora Pass, liolandcr, n. 6110 ; "rare." Siberia, etc. 



++ ++ Lower palet 3 to 5 lines long. 

 0. S. StiUmani, Holand. Culms tnfled, stout, 3 to 5 feet hi-di, .'enieulato below 

 smoot except the pubescent nodes : radical leaves 12 to 18 i^c ^.s 1 I , se ,' 

 he culm (our or U.o) much shorter, all glaucous, involute at least at the Ion atten 

 uate apex the lower 3 to 4 lines wide at base, mostly smooth beh,w abro us abo^'e 

 and on the margms ; ligulo minute; sheaths loose, shorter than t^ i t rn^^^^^^^ 

 striate, smooth, slightly beanled at the throat : panicle 5 to 10 inclu' lo ^'0; 

 and spike-l.ke, interrupted below, nearly white and lustrous, the .xi puUn len 

 with an incomplete pilose ring at tlie nodes; rays crowded and fasciculate mo e o 



nteirirf m" '"'/ 7'"""r"""^ = "'"""■^ "^'^^^^ •^'i"^^'' '-^bout 9 lines Iong,Tc un - 

 nately bnstle-po.nted, membranaceous-hyaline, the lower 3-, the upper mor^ or le.s 

 r,-nerved at base : floret D lines long with a short one-sided white-hai'v callus -Tower 



diW ionTSTb. "f r;-"'' '^f''"^ ^r'''^^ ''''''"^^y I'"'^'^-^'^'^"^ tl.rougho'ut, the 



VIS ons of the 2-cle t tip nearly ah ne long ; upper palet similar ; awn i.rserted be- * 

 1 w the tip of the palet, 12 to 15 lines long, tortuous, slightly bent above the mid- 

 »lle, scabrous : stamens 3; anthers long, mucronulate. — Proc. Calif. Acad, iv 168 " 



mue Canon, Siorra Neva.la Bo/an>ir.r. Tl.e stout culms, ns Inr^re as « goosomiill arc' from' a 

 arge tor uous uhnost woo.iy rl.izon.e, wl.ich is hairy, as are the rootl.-ts proceeclin " mn it TI.e 

 large and lustrous panirles are strikingly handsome. ' '"' ^ 



10. S. coronata. Culm 4 to G feet high, 3 or 4 lines thick at base, where it is 

 clotlied with the remains of oM sheaths: lower culm leaves about 3 feet lon<- 4 to G 

 inos wide at base, graduiUly attenuate to a long involute point, the uppermost about 

 inches long, almost filiform and rigid, all slightly scabrous on both surfaces and 



