PIPER NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF FE8TU< x - -' 



L5c. Festuca ovina supina Schur) Hack. 



Festuca supina Schur, Enum. PI. Transs. 784. L866. "Auf Felsen und Gen*5l i 

 Hochalpen: Fogaraser-Arpaser-Kerzesorer-Rodnaer Alpen, ( rlimmerschu fer; Kron- 

 stadter Alpeh: Butsets, Konigstein, Kalk,Hunyader Alpen, Retyezat. 6000 / 7000'.' 



Festuca ovina supina Hark. Bot. Centralb. 8: M)5. 1881. 



This subspecies ranges from Greenland southward to the White Mountain**, and 

 in the west occurs from British Columbia and Alberta Bouth in the Cascades and 

 Sierras to California, and in the Rockies t<> Arizona. Apparently it does nol occur 

 in \laska. 



This plant lias been generally confused by American botanists with /•'. ovina 

 brachyphyila^ from which it is often separable with difficulty. 



I5d. Festuca ovina duriuscula I L. I Koch. 



Festuca duriuscula L. Sp. PI. 1: 74. 175:;. "Habitat in Europae pratis siccis." 

 Festuca ovina <hiri)t.«-n/<i Koch, Syn. 812. 1857. 



Judging from herbarium material this subspecies is bu1 sparingly introduced in 

 America. Most specimens so named arc /•'. rubra. 



I5e. Festuca ovina capillata f Lam. i Hack. 



Festuca capiUata Lam. Fl. Fr. 3: 597. L778. Type locality. France. 

 Festuca tenuifolia Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 44. L794. Type locality. Oxford, England, 

 Festuca ovina capillata Hack. Bot. Centralb. 8: 405. 1881. 



This very distinct-appearing subspecies is introduced in many place- in the eastern 

 United states. 



I5f. Festuca ovina pseudovina Hack. 



Festuca <>ri,ni pseudorina Hack. Bot. Centralb. 8 : 405. L881. Hackel's name is 

 proposed for the Austrian <;rass mistaken for true F. <>ri,ni I., by Host, Gram. Austr. 

 2: /,/. ,sv;. 



This subspecies occurs native in North America in the Rocky Mountains of Wyom- 

 ing, Colorado, and Utah, specimens from Clarke, [ndiana, collected by Umbach, 

 are probably introduced. 



I5g. Festuca ovina brachyphyila i Schultes) . 



Festuca )>ririj<>r<>t R. Br. App. Parry's Voy. Suppl. 289. 1824. Type from Melville 

 Island. A duplicate in the Gray Herbarium. 



Festuca brachyphyila Schultes, Mant. 3: o4t>. Isl'7. Proposes new name on account 

 of the older /•'. brevifolia Mnhl. 1817. 



Festuca ovina brevifolia Hack. Bot. Centralb. 8: 406 1881. 



This subspecies ranges in North America from the Arctic regions southward to 

 Labrador, and in the Rocky Mountains to Arizona, and recurs in the Siena- of Cali- 

 fornia; apparently absent in the Cascades, but present in the Blue Mountains of 

 Oregon. 



151i. Festuca ovina calligera nom. nov. 



Festuca amethystina asperrima Hack.: Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2: 601. 1896, not /•'. 

 asperrima Link, Enum. 2: l'70. 1822. Type in the National Herbarium, collected in 

 Aiizona by Rusby (no. 901). 



Plants densely tufted, pale green, 15 to 50 cm. high; stems covered at base by the 

 brown scarious persistent sheaths; leaf-blades filiform, longitudinally sulcate, Fcabrous, 

 5 to 15 cm. Long, each bearing at its junction with the sheath a small callus on each 

 side: lemma awned; palea bidentate. 



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