scrtbenilous below the piiniclo. Slicutlis smootli ; blados sotiioeous, 

 0.3-0.6 iliiiin., smooth, green, extending more or less above tiio 

 middle of the culm. I'anicle linear-oldoug, ",'-4 cm. long, dense, 

 ruehis and rays seaberulous. Spikelets G-8 mm. long, vuriegutod; 

 floral glume ;5..")-5 mm. long, hearing an awn of varying length. 

 Some of the florets viviparous, i.e. l)ecoming foliaceou.s. 



New llam])shire (Ml. Washington. Great (Julf), C. E. Faxon. 



Alpine summits of theWliite Mountains of New Hampshire and 

 high northward; also in Euro[)e. 



Var. Di'iuusci'L.v (L.) Hack. Monog. Fest. Eu. 89 (18S-,'). /'. 

 (hiriuscidn L. S]). 1*1. T-i (1T5;}). IIauo Fesci-k. 



Culms 15-30-70 cm. high, usually lirni with 'i, nodes, the upper 

 one-third the way to the to}) and more or less angled below the 

 panicle, smooth or seaberulons. Sheaths smootli or seaherulous or 

 slightly pubescent; blades firm. 0.(i-l.l mm. diam., green or 

 glaucescent, usually smooth, 7-9-nerved, sclcrenchyma continuous 

 on the lower side, rarely interrupted. Pani(^le variable. Spikelets 

 elliptical or oblong-elliptical, G-IO mm. long, -i-O-flowered ; floral 

 glume lanceolate, 4-0 mm. long, more or less awned. Variable, 

 exhibiting many subvarieties and fonns. 



Common iu cultivation in the older Northern States. 



Sub. var. trachypiiyll.v Hack. 1. c. 



Culms 50-70 cm. Iiigh. lilades firm, 0.7-0.8 mm. diam. 

 Panicle 4-10-15 cm. long, oblong, erect, rather dense, rachis and 

 rays scabrous. Spikelets green or tinged with violet, 0-10 mm. 

 long; floral glume broadly lanceolate, 4-0 mm. long, with a 

 short awn. 



Chicheriny for U. S. T)ept, Agricul. 700; also cultivated at 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts, anil elsewhere. 



Var. pseudovina Hack. 1. c. F. pseadorina Hack. \Viesb. 

 Oestr. Bot. Zeit. 30: 130 (1880). 



Culms slender, 20-40 cm. high. Blades filiform, 5-nerved, 

 jibout 0.5 mm. diam., sclerenchyma in three bumlles, scabrous. 

 Panicle ovate-oblong, 5-9 cm. long, rachis and ra3's scabrous. 

 Sjjikelets elliptical-oblong, 5-G mm. long, 4-8-flowered. green or 

 tinged with violet, glumes all subulate-lanceolate, second 3 mm. 



