Q9Q GRAMINEJi. GymnosticlMin. 



no trace of glume being present, appressed, at least when young : lower palet 6 

 lines long, broadly lanceolate, 5-nerved above, the nerves, especially the marginal 

 ones, ciliate-hispid with short still" rather ilistant Avhito hairs ; awn stout, rough, 

 straight and one-half longer than the palet ; upi)er palet equalling the lower, ciliate 

 above. — Catalogue, 'X), without description. 



Red Woods, near Sau Francisco (Bolandcr) ; Saucelito, Kellogg k Harford, n. 1107. Bolander's 

 specimens are very youn^', hcing just in ilower. In this state llicy liavc iiiecis(dy tlio nsixct of 

 an Elijnms, icseniliiinj,' givaliy some of the tall forms of E. amdcusulus, and entirely witliout the 

 " bottle-brush " appearance so striking and characteristic in the eastern G. Hijdrix. The absence 

 of glumes is niucli more complete than in that species, which ollen has rudimentary ones. In 

 this the scales to the ovary are very large and beautifully fringed. 



