PIPEB -ITOBTH \M1-.I-M< \N SPECIES OF PB8TUCA. 13 



W \simm.'K»N : 



Spokane, Kreagi r I. 



Western Klickital County, Sufodor/ 1139. 



Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 172. 



Alrn..ta. /'/>,■ L925. 

 I daho: 



Lewiston, Sand6ergr, Heller, dc MacDougal L24. 



Lewiston, HeHer 3000. 

 Orbgon: 



The Dalles, Sfctaow L0106. 



Harper's ranch, Malheur County, Leiberg2074. 



Blue Mountains, Griffiths & Hunter L20. 

 California : 



Yosemite Valley. Bioletti 1 1. 



Crescent City, Davy& BlasdaU 5926. 



Pine Ridge, //'/// cfe Chandler 298. 



San Bernardino, Parish 167 1 



San Diego, 0rcu« L174. 

 Nkv \d \ : 



Trinity Mountain-, FFateon L323. 

 Aki/.<»\\: 



Tucson. Tourney in L892. 

 Lower ( 'aliforni \ : 



Guadalupe Ranch. Orcutt, April 6, L886. 



3. Festuca confusa sp. nov. 



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

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

 flowered; empty glumes hirsute. (Plate I.) 

 The following specimens have been examined: 

 Washington: 



Western Klickitat County, Suksdorf 1140 (type). 

 Ore«.o\ : 



Grant's Pass, Howell, May 24, L884. 

 Without locality, R Ha#639 

 California: 



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

 Santa Lucia Mountains, Eastwood, May 2, 1897. 

 E. Hall'- 639 is the plant mentioned by Doctor Gray as Festuca microstachys ciliata 

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

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



Explanation <>k Plate.— Drawn from type specimen 1140 Suksdorf, Western Klickitat County, 

 Washington. Plant one-hali natural size; ^pikelets and dissections enlarged five tini.--. 



4. Festuca eriolepis Desv. 



Festuca eriolepis Desv. in Gray, Fl. (nil. 6:428. L853. ' Kn lo> campos de la 

 Serena y eu Ajgueros," Chile. 



Festuca arida Elmer, 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 <lonht that arida must be reduced to Bynonymy. 



