FKSTICK.E. .*)4I 



A tufted erect r.itlu'r sU'inU'i* perennial, 30-00 cm. hi,i;li. Culms 

 compressed; sheutlis striate, smooth, loose, sliorler than the inter- 

 nodes; upper lijjule obtuso, 3-4 mm. long; blades of the culm ;{ in 

 number, nearly smooth, Hut or eondupliesite, 2-10 em. Ion;,', :i-'.i mm. 

 wide, acute or ai'uminate. I'aniele contracted or open. 10-15 cm. 

 lon^% rays mostly in j)airs, :{-5 cm. distant, tlie longest 5-8 cm. long, 

 mostly llower-bearing along the upper third. Spikeleta subscssile 

 or })ediecllate, linear-laiu;eolate, 1-3-llowered, 3-0 mm. long, joint 

 of raehilla 1.5 mm. long; empty glumes thin, green, scarious-mar- 

 gined, first 1-nerved, '2-'.] mm. long, second ovate-lanceolate, acute 

 or obtuse, »»ften lacerate, 3-norved; lloral glume tinged with violet, 

 linear-lanceolate, 3.5-4: mm. long, thinly webbed at the base, 

 otherwise smooth or scabrid; palea a little shorter than its 

 glume, adherent to the grain when nuiture. Nearly related to F. 

 arclira. 



Oregon, IloweU; Southern ('alifornia, ]*iihiirr :»42. 



Oregon and ("alifoi'iiia. 



21. P. Howellii ^'asey & Scribn. ; \'asey, Cat. (irass. V. S. 82 

 (1885). 



A slender erect perennial, 45-00 cm. higli. Sheaths nearly 

 smooth; ligule acute, lacerate, 4 mm. long; leaves of sterile sln»ots 

 few, 4-8 cm. long, those of the culm 3. l)lades flat or becoming 

 condui)licate, smooth, thin, acuminate, 2-7 cm. long, 3 mm. wide. 

 Panicle thin, linear or ovate-lanceolate, 12-25 cm. long, rays in 

 threes to sevens, remote, rather rigid, the longest 4-10 cm. long 

 with short appressed branches bearing s[)ikelet3 on the u})per half. 

 Spikelets light green, ovate-lanceolate, 2-4-flo\vered, 3.5-4.2 mm. 

 long, joint of raehilla sleiulor, 1 mm. long; empty glumes thin, 

 scabrid on the keel, first lanceolate, 1-nerved, 1.5-2.5 mm. long, 

 second oval-lanceolate, 3-nerved, 2-2. T mm. long; lloral glume 

 thin, sparingly webbed at the base, ciliate-pubescent on the nuir- 

 gins and on the lower two-thirds of the keel, 2.4-2.7 mm. long, 

 ovate, subacute or obtuse, erose; jtalea about 2.4 nun. long, ciliate 

 on the keels. Much like P. BohtiiderL See description for the 

 dilferences in floral glumes. 



Once distributed as /'. fn'rialis L. var. 



