PIPEB NTORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF FE8TUCA. 

 The following specimens bave been examined: 



CALIFORN] \: 



Fori Bragg, Dapy tfc BlasdaU 6117. 

 Point Reyes Peninsula, Davy 681 1 ■ 

 ( taBGON : 

 Tillamook Bay, Howell, July, L882 



I3g. Festuca rubra kitaibeliana (Schultes). 



Festuca barbata Schrank, Prim. Fl. Salisb. 16. L792, not L. 1759. 



Ratuca pubescent Wllld.; Pink. Enum. 1: 91. L821, not Zea; P. & S. Syst. 2: 728. 

 lsi7. " In Hungaria." 



Festuca rubra subvillosa Mert. & Koch in Rohling, I>< atschl. Fl. ed. 3. 1: ''»-">4. L823, 

 n«>t /'. duriuscula subv*Uosa op. cit. 648. 



I ,, •,!,;, rnl.m villosa Mert. A Koch in Rohling, Deutschl. Fl. ed. 3. 1:654. L823, 

 not /•'. ovina rottosa Schrad. PI. Germ. 1: 320. 1806. 



/; ->,>,■,, kitaibeliana Schult. Mant. 2: Hits. 1*24. New name proposed for /•'. pubescent 

 Willd. 



Bromus secundus Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1:280. 1830. Type specimen from Nootka 

 Sound, Vancouver Island, collected by Haenke; a duplicate in the herbarium of the 

 Missouri Botanical < Jarden. 



Festuca rubra barbata Hack. Mon. Fest. L39. 1882. Based on F. barbata Schrank. 



Festuca rubra pubescens Vasey; Beal, Grasses N - . Am. 2: HOT. 1896. Type in her- 

 barium Michigan Agricultural College, collected in Oregon by Howell. 



Festuca rubra secunda Scribner, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10: 39. L899. Based on Bromu* 

 .<, cundus Presl. 



This much-named plant ranges in North America from' Alaska to Greenland, 

 southward to Oregon, Wyoming, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Specimens from 

 South Burlington, Vermont (Joins , and Andover, Now Hampshire Briggs . are 

 probably introduced. Viviparous forms occur occasionally. Some Alaskan speci- 

 mens have exceptionally large spikelets nearly 2 cm. long, but otherwise show no 

 differences. 



13h. Festuca rubra lanuginosa Mert. & Koch. 



Festuca dumetorum Ram. Damn. Hoist. PI. 1:549. 1796, no! P. 1762. 



Festuca arenaria Osbeck in Retz. Suppl. Prim. PI. Scan. 1: 4. 1805, not Lam. L791. 



Festuca rubra arenaria Pries, PI. Halland. 28. L818. 



Festuca villosa Schweigg, in Hagen, Chlor. Boruss. 35. L819, nol F. ovina villosa 

 Schrad. 1806. 



f Festuca <>r<iri<i Dum. Agrost. Belg. 105. 1823. 



Festuca mi,, -a lanuginosa Mert. & Koch in Rohling, Deutschl. PI ed. 3, 1: 654. 1823. 

 "Auf magerm Flugsande am < restade des Meeres in Hinterpommern und< tetpreussen 

 (der Kurischen Nehrung ." 



Festuca baltica Homann, PI. Pomm. 1: 56. L828. 



Festuca lanuginosa Scheele, Flora 1: 63; 1844. 



Festuca rii-hardsoiii Hook. PI. Bor. Am. 2: 250. 1840. Type from "the Arctic sea- 

 coast" of North America, collected by Richardson, specimen.- in the Gray and 

 Torrey Herbaria arc probably duplicate typ - 



The Richardson specimen- are quite identical with Arctic European specimens, 

 and correspond to F. rubra arenaria forma arctica Hack. Mon. Fest. 140. Specimens 

 from port Clarence, Alaska, Doctor Yemans, AiiL r u-t, 1884, are identical. Specimens 

 collected on T'nimak Island, Alaska, by Macoun (22801) are taller and agree with 

 the ordinary European plant. 



