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Figure 75,— Festuca subulata. Panicle, X l-->- floret, 

 X 5. (Hitchcock 23-511, Oreg.) 



Figure 76.— Distribution of 

 Festuca subulata. 



5 mm, long; lemmas scaberulous toward the apex, 6 to 8 mm long; awn 

 somewhat flexuous, 10 to 15 mm long. 91 — 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 lem- 

 ma. Aspect of F. subulata. 



15. Festuca subulata Trin. 

 Bearded fescue. (Fig. 75.) 

 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 below, finally spreading or 

 reflexed, the lower as much as 

 15 cm long; spikelets loosely 3- to 5-flowered; glumes narrow, acu- 

 minate, the first about 3 mm, the second about 5 mm, long; lemmas 

 somewhat keeled, scaberulous toward the apex, the intermediate nerves 



obscure, 

 the tip at- 

 tenuate into 

 an awn 5 to 20 

 mm long. % 

 —Shady banks 

 and moist 

 thickets, up to 

 2,000 m , 



southeastern Alaska to Wyoming, 

 Utah, and northern California (fig. 

 76). 



16. Festuca elmeri Scribn. and 

 Men*. (Fig. 77.) Culms loosely 

 tufted, slender 40 to 100 cm tall, or 

 even taller; blades flat, scabrous or 

 pubescent on upper surface, 2 to 4 

 mm wide, those of the innovations 

 narrower, more or less involute; pan- 

 icle loose, open, 10 to 20 cm long, the 

 branches slender, somewhat droop- 

 ing, naked below, the lower as much 

 < v \ as 10 cm long; spikelets 3 or 4-flow- 



ered; glumes lanceolate-acuminate, 

 the first 2 to 2.5 mm, the second 3 to 

 4 mm, long; lemmas membranaceous, 

 hispidulous, about 6 mm long, the 

 nerves rather prominent, the apex 

 minutely 2-toothed ; awn 2 to 8 mm 

 long, bi — Wooded hillsides, up 

 to 500 m, mostly in the Coast 

 Ranges, Oregon to central California. 

 Festuca elmeri var. conferta (Hack.) Hitchc. More luxuriant; 

 spikelets often 5- or 6-flowered and somewhat congested on the panicle 

 branches. % (F. jonesii var. conferta Hack.) — Coast Ranges of 

 California. 



Figure 77.— Festuca elmeri. Panicle 

 spikelet, X 5. (Type.) 



X y 2 ; 



