188 I'OAIK.K. 



tho nerves, pnrpliah, ohtiiso, tlu' iiuiur one a little longer, barely 

 equiillinj? the lulenil llonil ^'liiuiea; lloriil ;,'liiines of the lateral llor. 

 ots with ciliatt; niar;;ins, and a sli^'ht awn from the broad eniar^i- 

 nat(f apex; lloral ^'huno of the terminal llort-t Hhinin<r. ciliate al)ovc; 

 palea 1 -nerved. Lodieules half as lon^' as tho palea. 

 Oregon, IIoivill, 



Fio. 39. — Siimstana maerophi/Ua, Spikclet. (liiclmrdsoii.) 



A very robust species, foiuul in tho redwoods of the Coast liauge 

 of tho Western United States. 



5. S. pauciflora (K. Br.) Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club, ri.'i'.VS 

 (18SI). 



Ilk'rovhhc pauciflura R. Br. App. Parry, 1st Voy. 193 (1824). 



Culms erect, *^0— iO em. high. Leaf-blades of the sterile shoots 

 involute, subulate, the upper one of the culm very sharp. Panicle 

 erect, simple, contracted, .3.5-8 cm. long, containing about 4(t 

 spikelets, lower rays single, the upper in ])airs. Spikelets broadly 

 oval, about 5 mm. long. Empty glumes broadly ovate, acute, 

 brownish purple, with tips and margins scabrous; floral gliinico <»f 

 the lateral florets scabrid throughout, as seen uiuler a lens, cluir- 

 taceous, ciliate on tho margins, apex scarious, entire, mid-iiei've 

 stout, extending into a slight awn; palea linear; floral glume of 

 the terminal floret brown, membranous, nerves distinct, slightly 

 ciliate above; palea three-fourths as long as its glume, oval, 1-2- 

 uerved, linear, hyaline. Lodieules acuminate. 



Melville and Auticosta Islands and probably in many interven- 

 ing places. 



