FESTUCE.E. f)!)!) 



cm. long, elliptical in section, 0.5 mm. diam., 5-nerved, those of 

 tlie culm 7-!t cm. long. Tiinicle 8-11 (to. long, rays in pairs or 

 single, the longest about 4 cm. long, bearing 4-r spikelets on the 

 outer lialf. Spikelets C-S-Uowered ; secoiul ghime linear, acute, 

 3-nerved. about mm. long; floral glumeelliptieal-lauceoljite, aljout 

 6 mm. long, tlie awn 1-5 mm. long; palea about 7 mm. long. 

 Anthers o.S mm. long. 



Identified by E. llackel and named " imjrata" because he 

 presumed it would be disagreeable to cattle. 



Oregon, Howell in 1880 forU. S. Dept. Agricul. 



Var. Columbiana n. var. 



Cnlms 40-60 cm. high, with 2 nodes, scaberulous. Sheaths 

 smooth, entire at the base, split for most of their length; blades 

 0.4-O.G mm. diam.. those of the sterile shoots 15-25 em. loni'. 

 firm, glaucous.. scal)rous, 5-7-nerved, nearly cylindrical, grooved. 

 Panicle thin, oblong or ovate-oblong, 9-14 cm. long, the erect 

 rachis and branches scabrous, longest ray 4-Tcni. long, bearing 1-4 

 si)ikelets. S})ikelets lanceolate to elliptical, S-IG mm. long, rather 

 loosely 3-7-flowered, first empty glume narrow, 4-5 mm. long, 

 secoiul linear, acute. G-7 mm. long; iloral glume G-8 mm. loii"-, 

 the awn 1-5 mm. long; palea 7-8 mm. long. Anthers about 4 mm. 

 long. Ovule obovoid, 0.7 mm. long. So far as I am able to learn 

 this is new, possibly a species, bnt T think better to consider it a 

 variety. There were three jdants, one of which had the longer 

 florets. 



Washington (Pulman in ISfci), E. //. TMke. 



"Var. Oregona Hack. ined. 



('ulms slender, 2o-;}5 cm. high. Leaves of sterile shoots S-i;j 

 cm. long, the blades 0.5-O.G diam., i)i section cuncate-oblon<>-, 5- 

 nerved; upper blade 2-G cm. long. Panicle thin, 5-7 cm. long, 

 rays single, the longest 3-4 cm. long, bearing 2-4 spikelets on tlie 

 outer two-thirds. Spikelets 2-G-flowered, second glume linear, sub- 

 acute, 0.5 mm. long; floral glume linear when spread, 7 mm. long, 

 the awn about 4 mm. long; i)alea a little longer than its glume. 

 Anthers 3 mm. long. 



Oregon, Cusirh in 1SS4, T. S. Dcpt. Afjrind. 753. 



