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BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Dasiola Raf., Neogenyt. 4. 1825. " Type Festuca inonandra 
D. elliottea Raf. This is F. sciurea Nutt. 
Ell., renamed 
Chloamnia Raf., 
Neogenyt. 4. 1825. 
Two species are in- 
cluded, Festuca te- 
nella and F. bromoi- 
des. The first, which 
is F. octoflora Walt., 
is taken as the type. 
Hesperochloa (Pi- 
per) Rydb., Bull. 
Torrey Club 39: 106. 
1912. Based on Fes- 
tuca subgenus Hes- 
perochloa Piper, the 
type and only species 
of which is F. con finis 
Vasey. 
Wasatchia Jones, 
Contr. West. Bot. 14: 
16. 1912. A single 
species is included, 
TP. kingii ( Watson ) 
Jones, based on Poa 
kingii Watson, which 
is the same as F. con- 
finis Vasey. 
Gnomonia Lunell, 
Amer. Midi. Nat. 4: 
224. 1915. A new 
name proposed for 
Festuca L., not Do- 
donaeus, 1551. 
The subgenus 
Vulpia, including 
annuals with most- 
ly narrow panicles 
and flowers with 
but one stamen, is 
represented in the 
United States by 
IB species, 2 of 
which, Festuca 
myuros L. and F. 
bromoides L., are 
introductions 
from Europe. 
Festuca octoflora 
Walt. (fig. 5), 
with spikelets usu- 
ally more than 
5 -flowered and 
hard terete gla- 
brous or scabrous 
lemmas with no scarious margin, is common throughout the United 
States. Several native species of this subgenus are found on the 
Pacific coast. 
Fig. 5. 
-Festuca octoflora. 
Plant, 
X 5. 
spikelet and floret, 
