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Dasiola Raf., Neogenyt. 4. 1825. " Type Festuca monandra " Ell., renamed 

 D. elliottea Raf. This is F. scinrea Nutt. 



Chloaninia Raf., 

 Neogenyt. 4. 1825. 

 Two species are in- 

 cluded, Festuca te- 

 ncUtt and F. liromoi- 

 dcs. The first, which 

 is F. octo flora Walt., 

 is taken as the type. 



Hesperochloa (Pi- 

 per) Rydb., Bull. 

 Torrey Club 39: 106. 

 1912. Based on Fes- 

 tuca subgenus Hes- 

 perochloa Piper, the 

 type and only species 

 of which is F. confi.n-ix 

 Vasey. 



Wasatchia Jones, 

 Contr. West. Bot. 14 : 

 16. 1912. A single 

 species is included, 

 ir. Jcinffii (Watson) 

 Jones, based on Po<i 

 kluyii Watson, which 

 is the same as F. con- 

 finis Vasey. 



Gnomonia Lunell, 

 Amer. Midi. Nat. 4: 

 224. 1915. A new 

 name proposed for 

 Festuca L., not Do- 

 donaeus, 1551. 



The subgenus 

 Yulpia, including 

 annuals with most- 

 ly narrow panicles 

 and floAvers with 

 but one stamen, is 

 represented in the 

 United States by 

 13 species, 2 of 

 which, Festuca 

 inyuros L. and F. 

 ftromoidcs L., are 

 introductions 

 from Europe. 

 Festuca octojlora 

 Walt. (fig. 5), 

 with spikelets usu- 

 ally more than 

 5 -flowered and 

 hard terete gla- 

 brous or scabrous 

 lemmas with no scarious margin, is common throughout the United 

 States. Several native species of this subgenus are found on the 

 Pacific coast. 



FIG. 5. Festuca octoflora. 



spikelet and floret, 



