PIPEE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF FESTUCA. 13 



Washington : 



Spokane, Kreager 4. 



Western Klickitat County, Suksdorf 11S9. 



Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 472. 



Almota, Piper 1925. 

 Idaho: 



Lewiston, Sandherg, Hellei^ 6: MacDougal 124. 



Lewiston, Heller 3000. 

 Oregon: 



The Dalles, Sheldon 10106. 



Harper's ranch, Malheur County, Leiherg 2074. 



Blue Mountains, Griffi,tJis d' Hunter 120. 

 California: 



Yosemite Valley, Bioletti 11. 



Crescent City, Davy tfc Blasdale 5926. 



Pine Ridge, Hall ct* Chandler 298. 



San Bernardino, Parish 4674. 



San Diego, Orcutt 1174. 

 \Nevada : 



Trinity Mountains, Watson 1323. 

 Arizona: 



Tucson, Tourney in 1892. 

 Lower California: 



Guadalupe Ranch, Orcutt, April 6, 1886. 



3. Festuca confusa sp. nov. 



Habit of F. pacifica, differing in the following particulars: sheaths and blades 

 pubescent, axis and branches of the panicle ciliatq on the angles, spikelets 2 or 3- 

 flowered; empty glumes hirsute. (Plate I.) 

 The following specimens have been examined: 

 Washington: 



Western Klickitat County, /Sw^sdor/ 1140 (type). 

 Oregon : 



Grant's Pass, Howell, May 24, 1884. 

 Without locality, E. Hall 639. 

 California: 



Mount Diablo, H M. Hall 1737, Brewer 1112, 1142. 

 Santa Lucia Mountains, Eastwood, May 2, 1897. 

 E. Hall's 639 is the plant mentioned by Doctor Gray as Festuca mi(^$tq£kys ciliata 

 (nomen nudum) in Proceedings of the American Academy 8: 410. It is not the 

 plant so named and described by Beal, Grasses of North America 2 : 585. 



Explanation of Plate. — Drawn from type specimen 1140 Suksdorf, Western Klickitat County, 

 Washington. Plant one-half natural size; spikelets and dissections enlarged five times. 



4. ^o a tuca oriolopis Des v. 



Festuca eriolepis Desv. in Gay, Fl. Chil. 6: 428. 1853. V En los campos de la 

 Serena y en Argueros," Chile. - ~ ^ ' e .f ^<^ " * — » x iiA^gec-y^^;^ ;i ^'xr«V^r « ^ , ff ^ 

 ^aJ^"*^ - ^g-^^^gct arida E lmer, Bot. Gaz. 36: 52. 1903. Type collected at North Yakima, 

 Washington, by L. F. Henderson, no. 2196. A duplicate in the National Herbarium. 



We have seen only one Chilean specimen, but this, together with the long descrip- 

 tion of Desvaux, leaves no doubt that arida must be reduced to synonymy. 



