IMlAI-AIMhK.K. 1S7 



'-*. 8. alpina (S\v.) Sniltn. Mfiii. 'roir, Clul*. r»: •,'.•) (1S!)4). 

 Alimn'i; Vanilla ok Holy (iuvss, llnhns d/jnints Sw. WilM. 

 S|». IM. 4: .*)•.• r (IHUti). Uiet'di/iloc a/jiitut l{. .& S. Syst. •,':Jl.> 



A smooth brown (»r purplish ;:niss, 15-40 ciu. hi^'h. Loaf- 

 bhitlos short, narrow, involute. I'anick's contractt'd. 2.5-.') cm. 

 loii^j, ray.s in pairs. Spiki'lcts over ] mm. lonjr. oval, sprcaditig; 

 llorai ^lunio of the first lateral llorel with a short awn •^»mm. lon^', 

 ht'low the hilitl apex, awn of the second lateral floret lon<rerand ono- 

 thinl or more helow the apex; both lateral floral ".diimes ciliate on 

 the miir;;ins. fnlvous brown; floral j;lunu! of the terminal ll-jretcili- 

 ate and mneronate, awned above; palea 1-nervod. 



Vernutnt, Fujou. J'n'iii,lc ; Hhode Island, C'ongdon fur (7nrk 



4:i(ift. 



" Alpine mountain-tops. New England and Now York and 

 northward. (Kn.)" A. (iray. 



;}. S. Mexicana (Menth.) Illi'i-oihloi' Mvxlnmn Bentli. Journ. 

 Linn. Soe. 11) it? (18HI). 



An erect tufted perennial, (50 cm. hiixh. Leaves seal)rou3 

 throufihout, li>i;ule 7-8 mm. long; blades flat. S-1,') em. iong, ;{-• I 

 nnii. wide. I'anich* spikelike, interrupted, lO-I") em. long, rays 

 in pairs, the longest 4-5 cm. long. Spikelets oval, brownish -green, 

 T mm. long, first glume oval when 8[)read. 1-nervi'd. U mm. long, 

 second 3-nerved, I mm. long; lateral florets eipial. 5 mm. long, 

 awn of floral glume of first floret near the apex but slighly project- 

 ing, aM'n of floral glume of second floret stout. atta(!hed ju-ar the base, 

 jtrojecting :i mm. ; floral glume of terminal floret 3 mm. long, gla- 

 brous, lateral nerves very obscure. 



Mexico, Pi'innh 4100. 



Dry ridges under i)iiu's. 0500 ft. altitude. 



4. S. macrophylla (I'hurb.). Ilirrorlilur mnvrophijJhi Thurb. 

 Holand. 'I'rans. Calif. Agrl. Soc. G5 (18G4-5). Lai{(;i;-m;avef) 

 Holy CiRas-s. 



Culms 40-00 em. high. Ijcaf-blades 150-50 cm. long. 11-1 3 mm. 

 wide, with rough margins. Panicle thin, rays in pairs, or the 

 lowest single. Kmjjfy glumes about 5 mm. long, greenish along 



