FKSTrCK.K. 



457 



jilunic. liyaliiu', iiiurow, stroiij^dy kcolotl, 'J-tootliod. Stamens 3. 

 8t)l(.'S sliglitly iniitc'd below, long, .shortly plunioso. 



Two spcfies of low aiuiuiils, round in C'ulii'orniu. 



1. 0. Californica Nasoy, 1. c. 



I'lant dilTnsc, :>-!(» cm. lii,<,di, often branching, growing in small 

 chisters of lO-'.M) or more culms from the 

 same root. Sheaths open and inllatcd; lig- y,^; 

 ule obsolete; blades ;>-;}. Hat or involute, 

 acuminate, sparingly pubescent, S-25 mm. 

 long. 



Lower Califoriua (near San (^lintin Bay). 

 C/. //. Orriilf for U. S. Dept. Agricul. 



'X. 0. Greenii Vasey, Coult. Hot. (laz. 10: 

 140 (18i)l). 



IMant soft, erect, light green, ;.'()-:5() cm. Fm. >^9. — 0rniUia Culi- 



, 1 ii 1 .■ foriiicd. A, imiilcle ; 



high, branching near t lie base, clothed Irom „ spikelct ; b, tloml 



culm to iloral ghune more or less with soft gj|.';j',^,,;,,, ^ '• »'"'''''• 

 short luiirs. some of them from tubercled 



bases. Culms containing 0-1 ])ur])le nodes separated by inter- 

 nodes 1.8-'2.5 cm. long. Sheaths opi'ii. nearly as long as the in- 

 ternodes; ligulea ciliate ridge; blades thin, easily splitting, involute, 

 erect, '2-4 em. long. 1.5-2 mm. wide. Panicle with base included, 

 dense, linear or oblanceohite, o-5 cm. long, the axis and short rays 

 triquetrous. S])ikelets mostly sessile, scmiewluit tlatteiu'd. linear, 

 7-13 mm. long, 5-10-llowered, rachilla smooth: em})ty glumes sub- 

 e(pud, about 4 mm. long, the margins searious, slightly keeled near 

 oTu^ margir., first linear-lanceolate or linear, 5-1-1 (»-nerved. 1-3- 

 toothed. second oval. T-lO-nerved. irregularly 2-3-tootlied ; iloral 

 glume oval, 3.5-5 mm. long, translucent below and 5-;-ncrved, 

 obscurely keeled above with 11-17 green nerves, 3-5-tootlied; ])alea 

 hyaline, oval. 2-nerved, trui.,'ate. irregularly •i-4-toothed, nearly as 

 long as its glume. Stamens:.; anthers 3 mm. long. Ovary oval, 

 1 mm. long, stigmas 2.5-3 mm. long. 



California, (ircen. 



104. (21S). Sesleria Scop. Fl. Cam. Ed. 1.03 (1772). /^;- 

 latithcra \Ank, llort. Herol. 1:121 (IS27). 



