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Kiirnini \"alU\v, coll. Aiicliisou 1879 (No. 590 et 958, ut K. cHstuta y-àv. (jlahcrrima, named 
1)V lu'ner;il Munio, JI. J. P.). — Common in fields ad Karchatal, alt. 13000 i't et at Sikaram 
(H. J. P.). 
15. subvar. superfusa. 
Culmis minute puber u lis, vaginis (praecipue inferioribiis) culmisque et 
panic ulae ramis violaceo-superfusis, laminis foliorum culmeorum plus evolutis, 
foliis omnibus mollioribus, panieulis laxioribus lobatis subnutantibus, spiculis 2-floris raro 3-floris 
c. 5 mm vel paulo plus longis, glumis glumellisque aut tot is intense violaceo-coeru- 
leis aut colore violaceo-coeriileo intense variegatis aeuminatis, glumis flosculis brevi- 
oribus, glumellis in apicem mucronatiformem protractis. 
Habitat in U. S.A.: California. 
Exsiccatae: 
Plants of California, Monterey County No. 6814 K. cristata (1903). 
California: Monterey Co.: Pacific Grove in pine woods Ig. A. Heller 1903 (H. div.). 
16. subvar. Columbiana. 
Culmis gracilibus c. 4 dm altis sub panieulis minute puberulis, vaginis infimis minutissime 
(vix evidenter) puberulis, foliis innovationum culmeisque inferior ibus valde elongatis 
usque plus 25 cm longis parum glaucis tenuissimis filiformibus rectis culmis baud 
multo brevioribus, lamina folii culmei supremi paniculam saepius attingente, 
panieulis majoribus valde lobatis (dimm. 5 — 7 cm X IV2 cm), spiculis trifloris c. 5 mm longis, 
gluma superiori glumellam adjacent em longitudine adaequante. 
Habitat in America boreali-occidentali. 
Columbia brittanica: in declivibus siccis arcnosis pr. Lj'tton Ig. A. Purjius 1888/89, 200' 
(H. Hack.). 
17. subvar. oregana. 
Culmis sub panieulis tractu longiori tenuiter pubescentibus, vaginis scabrius- 
culis, lamina folii culmei supremi plana scab r a longiori i)aniculam attingente, 
panicula sublobata albescenti densiori, spiculis brevius (sed baud brevissime) pedunculatis 
pro more 3-f loris c. 5 mm longis, glumis parum inaequilongis flosculos adaequantibus. 
Habitat in Oregon (U. S. A.): near Wallowa lake coll. L. Shear 1899 (H. Wash.). 
Exsiccatae: 
Un. Stat. Dep. of Agricult., Divis, of Agrostology No. 1806 K. cristata (1889). 
22. var. rigidissima. 
Densissime caespitosa, caespitibus durissimis, culmis basi vaginis pallidis den- 
sissime confertis incrassatis gracilibus c. 3 dm altis glabris circiter ad medium foliatis, foliis in- 
novationum culmeisque infimis brevioribus c. 3 — 5 dm longis rigidissimis eximie 
glaucis pungentibus glaberrimis laevibus teretibusque tantum ad margines scabriusculis 
plurimis arete convolutis paucis tantum totis aut parte inferiori planis c. 1 mm latis, foliis 
culmeis paucis laminis brevibus c. 2 cm longis cowolutis culmis adjacentibus unacum vaginis glaber- 
rimis instructis, panieulis cylindricis apice angustioribus baud densis vix lobatis c. 3 — 5 cm longis 
et 7 — 10 mm latis ramis ramulisque puberulis, spiculis magnis c. 6 mm longis bifloris, 
glumis subinaequilongis flosculis paulo brevioribus uti glumellis glabris. 
Habitat in Rossia media in gub. Voronoz: distr. Pavlov Ig. Ta nf il jew 1891 (H. J. P.). 
