271 



Distrib. In the littoral region of central Europe; in Manchnria, Saghalin, northern 

 Yc/.o and northwestern America. 



296. Festuca ovina, L.; Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross, i v. 350; Turcz. Fl. Baic.-Dah. n, 1 , p. 



339; Reg.& Til. Fl.Ajan. p. L25; Max. Fl. Amur. p. 318; F.Schm. Fl. Sad).]). 

 200; Fr. & Sav. Enum. n, p. 181. 

 Hab. Shikotan. 



Distrib. Europe, northern Africa, northern Asia, Himalaya, Japan; North and South 

 America; New Zealand and Australia. 



The plant coincides very well with Hie descriptions of var. violacea, (»aud., as given by 

 Grisebach and Maximowicz. 



297. Festuca rubra, L.; Bong. Yeg. Sitcha, p. 173; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. rr, p. 250; 



Ledeb. Fl. Ross, rv, p. 352; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 200; Miq. Prol. p. 170; Fr. 

 & Sav. Enum. ir, p. 181. 

 Sab. Etorofu, at Tsurubetsu. 



Distrib. Arctic and northern temperate regions of Europe, Asia and North America. 



298. Elymus mollis, Trin. in Spreng. Entd. n, p. 72; Bong. \ eg. Sitcha, p. 174; Griseb. 



in Ledeb. Fl. Ross, rv, p. 332; Trautv. & Mey. Fl. Ochot. p. 102; Keg. & Til. 

 Fl. Ajan. p. 125; Max. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 317; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 198. E. 

 arenarius and mollis, Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. n, p. 255. E. arenarius, Miq. Prol. 

 p. 174. 



Ilab. Shikotan. Etorofu, in the vicinity of Shana. 



The northeastern Asiatic and American plants have the glumes broad-lanceolate in 

 shape, and short-acuminate, soft, silky-hairy on the back, with 3-5 (-7) prominent veins. 

 The typical European E. arenarius, on the other hand, has a lanceolate long-acuminate 

 setaceous glume, which is glabrous, except toward its tip; and the lateral veins are not 

 so prominent as in the case of E. mollis. The character of the leaves is variable ac- 

 cording to the nature of the locality and is not to be depended upon as a distinguishing- 

 character. 



Distrib. Northern Japan; Saghalin; Manchuria; arctic and eastern Siberia; Kam- 

 tschatka; Alaska to Oregon, eastward across British America and the lake region to the 

 Atlantic coast from northern New England to Greenland. 



299. Bambusa kurilensis. — Arundinaria kurilensis, Rupr. in Bull. Petersb. vnr, p. 121; 



Steudel, Syn. Glum. p. 335; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv, p. 395; Munro, Monogr. Bamb. 

 p. 17; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 198 (var. genuind). 



Ilab. Urupl Etorofu. very common. According to Pallas this plant occurs on 

 every island south of Kdoi. 



While I was in Etorofu I searched carefully for the flowers and fruits of the bamboo so 

 common in that island, but without any success. The original Kurile specimen, from 

 which Ruprecht described very minutely its characters, was in fruit. The number of its 

 stamens was not known to him. Under such circumstances, it was most natural for 

 any one to place the plant under Arundinaria, as there is a remarkable resemblance 

 between it and the plants of that genus. 



Among my Yezo collection, I have two distinct Bambusa, one of which is B. senam n- 



