14 OONTMBUTIONB PROM TBI NATIONAL HERBABIUM. 



DBS) EUFTION. 



Culm- .-rrct or decombenl at base, LO to •':<> cm. high, 2 or 3-jointed, loosely tufted; 

 -heath- glabrous or pubescent, the lower inflated in dwarf plants and nearly a- long 

 a- the internodes; ligule very Bhort; blades -oft. narrowly linear, loosely involute, 

 glabrous «>r somen hat pubescent, - t.. s cm. long, erect <>r ascending; panicle 2 to 7 

 cm. long, erect, narrow, the ray- at length divaricate; ray- solitary, scabrous on the 

 prominent angles; spikelets •'! to 5-flowered, i<> to 13 nun. long; joints of the rachilla 

 7 nun. long, cylindric, hairy; glumes lanceolate, glabrous, or the midnerve scabrous 

 ah«>ve. the lower «> to 7 mm. long, l-nerved, <>r at maturity with a pair of lateral 

 nerves at base, the upper 3-nerved, 6.5 t<> 7.5 mm. l<«m. r : lemma lanceolate, densely 

 villous, 6 t<> 7 mm. long, attenuate into a scabrous awn nearly as long; palea a- long 

 as the lemma, lanceolate, the scabrous nerves meeting in the acuminate apex, the 

 inflexed sides aboul one-fourth as wide as the internerve; stamen l. (Plate II 



The following specimens an- referable here 



W \-iiin«; ion: 



Coulee City, Piper 3915. 



North Yakima. Henderson 2196. 

 Nk\ u>a: 



Ken... Hillman, May. L899; Tracy 246. 



Smoke Creek, Griffiths & Hunter 514. 

 California: 



Truckee, Sonnt 7. 



Qkiah, Bolander 6118. 



Blue Lake to Jess Valley. Griffiths <v- /////,/, /• 40H. 



('astella. Piper 6346. 



Explanation of Platb. — Right-hand plant drawn from Henderson 2196, North Yakima, Washing- 

 ton, whence also details; left-hand plant from Piper 3915, Coulee City, Washington. Plant- one- 

 half Datura] size; details enlarged five time-. 



5. Festuca grayi | Abrame 



Festuca microstachys cUiata Cray in Beal, ( brasses N. Am. 2: 586. 1896. This is 

 based on specimens collected by Howell at Crante Pass, Oregon, May 24. L884. 

 This collection is a mixture of /•'. confusa and F. grayi, but Beal's description refers 

 clearly to the plant with pubescent lemmas. The type is in the herbarium of the 

 Michigan Agricultural College; a duplicate in the National Herbarium. 



Festuca microstachys grayi Abrams, Flora Los Angeles 52. 1904. Based on Festuca 

 microstachys <-i/i<itn Gray. 



The name cUiata is preoccupied in Festuca cUiata Danth., 1805. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Habit of Festuca pacifica, but somewhat stouter; sheaths and sometimes the blades 



pubescent. Inflorescence pubescent or puberulent throughout. Spikelet- 3 to 6> 

 flowered. ( Plate TIL ) 

 The following specimens have been examined: 

 Oregon: 



Grants Pass, Howell, May 24. L884 (in parti, (type of /•'. microstachys cUiata 

 I .ray in Beal , 



( ' \l NORM \: 



New York Fall-. Amador County, Hansen 632. 



ojai Valley, Hubby 40. 



Pasadena, Allen, March 31, 1885. 



Santa Lucia Mountains, Eastwood, May, 1897. 



Geysers, Bolander 37. 



Napa Valley, Bisjehm . 



Laguna, Schoenfeldi 3h:-;4. 



