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12. Festuca eastwoodae Piper. 

 (Fig. 54.) Resembling F. reflexa; 

 glumes hirsute; lemmas hirsute, the 

 awn 4 to 5 mm. long. O — Open 

 ground, Oregon, Arizona, and Cali- 

 fornia; rare. 



Figure 54. — Festuca 

 eastwoodae. Panicle, X 

 H; glumes, X 5. 

 (Type.) 



Figure 55. — Festuca 

 tracyi. Panicle, X J^; 

 glumes, X 5; floret, X 

 5. (Type.) 



13. Festuca tracyi Hitchc. (Fig. 

 55.) Resembling F. reflexa; glumes 

 rather sparsely hispid- villous, the 

 first 1.5 to 2 mm. long, acute, the sec- 

 ond 3 to 4 mm. long, obtusish or 

 abruptly acute; lemmas glabrous, 

 about 4 mm. long; awn 4 to 7 mm. 

 long. O — Open rocky ground, 

 Washington (Bingen) and California 

 (Kings and Napa Counties). 



Section 2. Eufestuca Griseb. 



Perennials, culms simple, stamens 3. 



14. Festuca subuliflora Scribn. 

 (Fig 56.) Culms erect, slender, 60 to 

 100 cm. tall; blades flat (or loosely in- 

 volute in drying), lax, pubescent on 

 the upper surface, those of the culm 

 mostly 2 to 4 mm. wide, those of the 

 innovations narrower; panicle loose, 

 lax, 10 to 20 cm. long, nodding, the 

 branches drooping, the lower naked at 

 base; spikelets loosely 3- to 5-flow- 

 ered, the rachilla pubescent or hispid, 

 the internodes of the rachilla as much 

 as 2 mm. long; floret long-stipitate, 

 the rachilla appearing to be jointed a 

 short distance below the floret ; glumes 

 very narrow, acuminate, the first 3 to 

 4 mm., the second 4 to 5 mm., long; 

 lemmas scaberulous toward the apex, 

 6 to 8 mm. long; awn somewhat flexu- 

 ous, 10 to 15 mm. long. % — Moist 



shady places from sea level to 1,000 

 m., British Columbia to northern 

 California, mostly near the coast. 

 Peculiar in the stipitate base of the 

 lemma. Aspect of F. subulata. 



15. Festuca subulata Trin. 

 Bearded fescue. (Fig. 57.) Culms 

 erect, mostly 50 to 100 cm. tall; 

 blades flat, thin, lax, 3 to 10 mm. 

 wide; panicle loose, open, drooping, 

 15 to 40 cm. long, the branches 

 mostly in twos or threes, naked be- 

 low, finally spreading or reflexed, the 

 lower as much as 15 cm. long; spike- 

 lets loosely 3- to 5-flowered; glumes 

 narrow, acuminate, the first about 3 

 mm., the second about 5 mm., long; 

 lemmas somewhat keeled, scaberulous 



F t gure 56. — Festuca subuliflora. Panicle, X H '< spike- 

 let, X 5. (Howell 19, Oreg.) 



