42 OONTRIBl riONS PROll l ill NATIONAL BEBBABIUM. 



Mert & Koch in Rohliug, Deutschl. l'l. ed. •".. 1 : i ;• ; 4 Graph*- 



phorum arundinaceum. 



Fl lit Hook, l'l Bor. Am. 2: 251. Graphephorun urn. 



IVfuhl. Gram. 1<>7. Triplasis purpurea, 

 vliniana Steud. Syn. II. Gram. -W-. Triplets™ purpurea, <\ char. 

 i Phil. Linnaea 33: 297. Melica cepaoea Bcribner. 

 ■a clandestina Muhl. Gram. 162. =* Leptochloa fascicularis. 

 ca decumbent L. Bp. PI. 1: 75. Triodia decumbent. 



ca diandra Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 67.pl. W. - Kory carpus diandrus kuntze. 

 tuca distant Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: L29. Puccinellia distant. 

 Festuca distichopkylla Michx. l'l. Bor. Am. 1:67. DisticfUis spicata. 



'aris Lam. Tab. Encycl. 1: L89. Leptochloa fatcicularis. 

 Festuca JUiformis Lam. Tab. Encycl. 1: 191. Leptochloa mucronata. 



lucafluitant L. Sp. PI. 1: 75. =Panicularia fluitans. 

 Festuca grandiflora Lam. Tab. Encycl. 1: 84. Arundinaria macrosperma fide Steu- 

 del, Nom. ed. 2. 1: 630. 



ca grandiflora I. am. Tali. Encycl. 1:191. Panicularia acutiflora. 

 Festuca macrostachya Torr. & Gr. Pac. R. Rep. 2': 177. nom. nud. s opogon 

 brevifolius, staminate plant, fide specimen in 1 1 *rl ». Gray. 



<-,i muUiflora Walt. Fl. Car. 81. = Leptochloa mucronata. 

 Festuca neogaea Steud. Syn. PI. Gram. 313. Through the kindness of fcfons. Ray- 

 mond Le Bey we have received Bome spikelets of the type of this plant preserved in 

 the University of Caen. The species is unquestionably Poa eminent Presl I Poa glu- 

 maris Trin. 



Festuca nervosa Il<><>k. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 251. =I , <><t nervosa. 



Festuca f nuttattiana Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 12i>. =Puccinellia airoides. 



Festuca obtusiflora Willd.; Spreng. Syst. 1: 356. — Leptochloa dubia. 



Festuca polystachya Michx. Fl. Bor. Am 1 : <)»>. = Leptochloa fascicularis. 



Festuca procumbent Muhl. Gram 160. = Leptochloa fascicularis. 



Festuca prostrata Muhl.; Merrill. Div. Agrost, Circ. 27: 5. = Leptochloa fascicular*. 



Festuca purpurea F. Newell. Sel. PI. Endust. Cult. 88. =TYiplasis purpv 



Festuca purpurea Schreb.; Steud. Nom. ed. 2. 1: <>.">2. =Triodia cuprea. 



Festuca rigida (L.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: L29. 1829. =Scleropoa rigida. 



Festuca spicata Nutt. Gen. 1: 72. = Dittichlit spicata ex char. 



Festuca spicata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 82. =Agropyron divergent Ne< - 



Festuca triiicea Lam. Tabl. EncycL 1: 190. = Disiichlis spicata. 



Festuca triticoides Lam.; R. & S. Syst. 2: 596. = Distichlis spicata. 



Festuca unioloides Willd. Enum. 1 1 < » rt . Berol. 1:3. pi. 3. = Bromus unioloides. 



Festuca virgata Lam. 111. 1: 189. —Leptochloa virgata. 



NOTES ON MEXICAN SPECIES. 



The Mexican species of Festuca are too poorly known and too sparsely represented 



in niir herbaria to permit of satisfactory treatment at present. The following notes 

 give our present knowledge concerning them: 



Festuca octoflora Walt. 



The following Mexican specimens have been examined: 

 Guadalupe Island, Palmer 657. 

 Hansen's ranch, (frmtl, July 9, 1884. 

 Guadalupe Ranch, Orcutt 14.">- in part. 

 San Martin Island, Anthony 214. 

 Xodos Santos [gland, Anthony 195. 



