159. GRAMINE X. 425 
SzecuuEn: Mt. Omei (Faber, 1185 !). Herb. Kew. 
A very small delicate specimen, suggestiug somewhat a dwarf 
form of Poa annua, but differing in the habit of the panicle and 
the complete absence of hair on the fertile glumes, which are 
also less membranous than in P. annua. —— 
6. Poa Mariesii, Rendle, n. sp. 
Planta subrobusta; culmi flexuosi, erecti, sub medio 14 lin. 
crassi, internodiis levibus striatis. Folia culmi 4, supremum 
basin panicule vaginans ; vaginz laxe, striate, glabra, suprema 
quam inferiores paullo longior (circa 5 poll. longa) quam ejus 
lamina paullo brevior; ligula brevis, truncata, 1 lin. longa; 
lamina linearis, superne longe attenuata, plana, flaccida, multi- 
nervis, glabra, 3 lin. lata, 5-6 poll. longa; suprema quam 
secunda paullo brevior. Panicula subpyramidalis, flexuosa, 
84 poll longa, 2-23 poll. lata, ramis geminis, axis in parte 
superiore solum subscabridulus ceterum levis, rami in parte 
superiore subscabriduli, ramuli scabriduli ; rami ad nodum 
infimum 3 poll. et 2} poll. longi, superne gradatim deminuentes, 
in parte inferiore (3-1) nudi, superne (cum ramulis) subdense 
spieuliferi; spicule elliptiem, 5-6-flore, 3 lin. longe. Glume 
steriles lanceolate, acute, apice membranacee et albidæ, in- 
ferior 14 lin. longa, uninervis, superior 3-nervis, 13 lin. longa, 
quam inferior latior et minus acuta; fertiles firme, dum plicate 
lanceolate, obtuse vel subacute, apice et margine membranacew 
et albidæ, 5-nerves, carina (ad 3-4 longitudinis) ut nervus mar- 
ginalis (ad 1-j longit.) dense et regulariter pilosa, pilis 1 lin. 
longa; infima 24 lin. longa; carine pales ciliolate; anthere 
4 lin. Jonge ; pedicellus breviter contortuplicato-lanatus. 
Kranesu: Chiukiang and River Yangtze (Maries!). Herb. 
Kew. 
A well-marked species of the Poa pratensis group, charac- 
terized by its robust habit, large broad leaves, the upper blade 
being nearly as long as that of the leaf at the second node, the 
large panicle, the 4—5-flowered spikelets, the very hairy keels 
and marginal nerves of the fertile glumes, and the small anthers. 
7. Poa nemoralis, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 69; Steud. Syn. Gram. 
p. 251; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 280; Franch. 
et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 174; Hack. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
LINN. JOURN.-—BOTANY, VOL. XXXVI. KK 
