FESTUrK.E. 615 



Culms smooth erect brannhiiig below, 30-50 cm. liigh. Leaf- 

 hlades flat, sparsely pubescent, ;j-8 cm. long^ 2 mm, wide. Panicle 

 simple, 8-18 cm. long, rays in half-whorls of 4, tlio lowest often 

 remote from those above. Spikdets ;.*-4-lIowerc(l, the riicliilla 

 smooth, each joint .5 mm, long. Cilumes I'ougli, pubcsci'iit, 

 narrowly lanceolate, first 1-nerveil, 8 mm. long, with a bristle 4 

 mm. long, second ovate-lanceolate. JJ-u-nerved, 17 mm. long, with 

 a bristle !> nmi. long, the mai'gins and s[)ace between the nerves 

 thin iuid ])nbescent; floral glume compressed, softly membranous, 

 oval-lanceolate, 7-nerved, 10 mm. hmg to the bases of the awn, iind 

 seta', the latter 3-5 mm. long; palea pubescent on the keels. 10 

 mm, long. 



The following are some of the reasons for considering this a 

 species of lirnvins and not Winefviii : the sheaths mostly closed, 

 florets of a large spikelet several to many, and large second em})ty 

 glume 5-nerved; tloral glume 7-nerved, grain plicate and adhering 

 to glume and palea, 



(luadidoupe Island, off Lower California, Pabiier 99; California, 

 0. n. Alhu. Oirult. 



Oregon, California, and Chili. 



Var, sulcatus, T. harbalmn major Vasey, ined. 



A rather stout grass, braui^hing near the base, GO-TO or more 

 cm. high. Sheaths about the length of the internod^s, mostly 

 closed, clothed with short ])ubescence; ligule obtuse, 1 mm, long; 

 blades flat, scabrous, 15-20 cm, long, 8-13 mm. wide. Panicle 

 ovate-lanceolate, 30 cm. long, rays in half-whorls of 5-7, the sets 

 5-9 cm. distant, the longest 10 cm. long, bearing about 5 spikelets 

 on the outer half. Spikelets somewluit com[»ressed, S-rf-flowered, 

 ;)-4 cm. long; empty glumes subequal, l)ristly-pointed, l,5-"2 cm. 

 long; floral glumes scabrid-pubescent, compressed, 7-iu'i-ved, 10-14 

 mm. long to the base of 2 teeth, which are 4 mm. loiiir; awn fi'om 

 the notch between the teeth, irregulai'ly twisted and bent, about 2 

 cm. long, (irain compressed, deeply grooved, adherent to floral 

 glume and palea. 



Mexico, Pcihner GOT. 



11, B. laciniatus n. sp. 



