30 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Dasiola Raf., Neogenyt. 4. 1825. 
D. elliottea Raf. This is Ff. sciwrea Nutt. 
<= 
SR 
Fie. 5.—Festuca octoflora. Plant, * 34; spikelet and floret, 
xan 
“Type Festuca monandra” Hl., renamed 
Chloamnia Raf., 
Neogenyt. 4. 1825. 
Two species are in- 
eluded, Festuca  te- 
nella and F. bromoi- 
des. The first, which 
is F'. octofiora Walt., 
is taken as the type. 
Hesperochloa (Pi- 
per) Rydb., Bull. 
Torrey Club 39: 106. 
1912. Based on Fes- 
tuca subgenus Hes- 
perochloa Piper, the 
type and only species 
of which is F’. confinis 
Vasey. 
Wasatchia Jones, 
Contr. West. Bot. 14: 
16. 1912. A single 
species is included, 
W. kingiit (Watson) 
Jones, based on Poa 
kingit Watson, which 
is the same as F’. con- 
finis Vasey. 
Gnomonia Lunell, 
Amer. Midl. Nat. 4: 
224, 1915. A new 
name proposed for 
Festuca L., not Do- 
donaeus, 1551. 
The subgenus 
Vulpia, including 
annuals with most- 
ly narrow panicles 
and flowers with 
but one stamen, is 
represented in the 
United States by 
13 species, 2 of 
which, Festwea 
myuros L. and F. 
bromoides L., are 
introductions 
from Europe. 
Festuca octoflora 
Woallt..) (ie): 
with spikelets usu- 
ally more than 
5-flowered and 
hard terete gla- 
brous or scabrous 
lemmas with no scarious margin, is common throughout the United 
States. Several native species of this subgenus are found on the 
Pacific coast. 
