A(il{OSTII»K.K. :i27 



H.ti-'.l mm. lonj;; cmply <i;liimt>s miifi-oiialc, miiiU'ly sciilinms. his 

 ))i*i on tlio ki'i'ls, tirsi scurccly loiij,'*'!- tliiiii llu' second; lloral "•lume 

 miiiutoly sciihroiis, liitluT lirni, Iniiicatc-tootlioil, n miniih* i(»ii;;h 

 nitlicr stout iiwn attacht'd n littli! Ix'low tlic upox; palea very thin, 

 0.5-1 mm. ionjf. 



Dirtlrihutod as .1. nnirroiitiht I'lvsl, lint it (h)i!S not answer l»» 

 tlnil (h'scription. 



('alirornia, linhnnlrr ^'AWu lh\ ('. A. Aiiticrson. 



Oreijon to Calit'ornia. 



11. A. hyemalis (Walt.) M. S. P. (^it. N. Y. (ISSS). Hair- 

 cKAs.s. ('(iniiirtij)i(r /ii/HKi/i'WiiU. Kl. Carol. To (17SS). .1. sm/mt 

 Willd. Sp. IM. 1 :;5'r(> (rM»!>). Trirli(i(lii(iii hijilhinaii Mij^'ol. Miehx. 

 V\. 1. 4•^ (1S0;J). 7'. sctdn-iim Muhl. (iram. (11 (ISII). .1. 

 Michaiixii Trin. Tnill. '.'()() (IS'^I). 



An er(!ct slender tiil'led hiennial t»r pi.'rennial, .'JO (10 cm. hif^h. 

 liif^ulo of the upper leaves 1 mm. lon<i^; blades scahrons, soon invo- 

 lute, I{-1() cm. Ion;,', -i mm. wide. I'anieh* ex.sertetl when matnre, 

 pnrpl(! or hrown, Ihin. 20-:)<) cm. lon^', branches ron^h, capillary, 

 pnrplish, \\-\'l in each hall'-whorl, 4-7 cm. distant from eaidi oilier, 

 spread inij, 10 -I H cm. lon^, liranchin^ above tlu! middle, llowcr- 

 bearin^' only at and near the tips. SpiUelets I. r> '.'.."» mm. lon^, 

 nsnally about 2 mm., scahrons on the ktuda, flumes very acnte. 

 the lower (tne the longer; lloral ^Inme 1.*^ I.Tmm. lon^', obtuse, 

 r»-nerved, sonu'times short -awned ; palea minute or obsolete. Very 

 variable. 



New r>rnnswick, Fo/r/cr: Massacdiusetts. S/iir/rrit/if, lUuil (ill; 

 Vermont, /'ri//(/lr: New .Jersey. Sm'/uirr for l'. S. Dept. A^n'icul. 

 4o:{; Mi(!hi;riiii, C/nr/,- (i!H>. /Ira/ (i,"), (W). (,]', Funiuil, /•'. A'. Wood 

 .■{:)>S(!; Illinois. Ural (IS; Iowa. llUrlniuk; Minnesota, lUtUvji W 

 r^J); Colorado, rtitlrrsoii '?JV,\\ Montana. Amhrsoii 1(1, tlO; Wyo- 

 miu^S Hiijfinii e :lit, c SS, c !)(); Arizona, Joiu's 401. '>, '/'oitnifi/ 

 ';;{r, 738, ■;:;, 1137 b; Washin.^ton. A''/r.- (M-e^'on, I/o/rc/l; CnVi- 

 fornia, Fan's/i l.'idO A, 1,^)(10; Southern California, /'ii/nivr "i'.W, 

 2;5!>; Texas. Xtvllri/: Mexico. /'riii;//r !4-»0. 



Common from New Mn,i;land to Alaska and southward; also in 



