159. GRAMINER. 427 
9. Poa prolixior, Rendle, n. sp. 
Herba perennis?, glabra; culmi tenuissimi, 27 poll. alti, vix 
i lin. crassi, basi ascendentes et geniculati, 4-nodi; nodum 
supremum 1 culmi longit. a basi locatum. Foliorum vagiuse 
ut culmi seabridule striate, strictz:, quam internodia breviores, 
infere albido-membrauaees quam suprema breviores; ligula 
lata, superne fimbriata, ad 14 lin. longa; laminz angusto-lineares 
ad apicem acutum attenuatz, suprema quam inferiores longior, 
31—44 poll. longa, 4 lin. lata, ejus vagin: vix zquans vel eam 
paullo excedens. Panicula stricta, flexuosa, interdum secunda, ad 
3 poll. longa; rami gemini erecti vel suberecti, in parte inferiore 
(cirea 3) nudi, scabriduli ut in ramulis brevibus pedicellisque, 
in parte superiore sublaxiter spiculiferi; spicule lanceolate, 
11 lin. longs, pedicellos excedentes, 2-flore. Glume firme, 
steriles lanceolate, acute, trinerves, cum carina scabridula, et 
marginibus anguste membranaceis, 14 lin. longz ; fertiles dum 
plicate oblonge vel oblongo-lanceolatw, sub apice (ad 1 longit.) 
membranaeez, 5-nerves, nervo marginale ad basin sparse piloso, 
carina ad medium pilosa, callus sparsius contortuplicato - 
lanatus ; inferior sterilibus subsquans vel paullo longior; 
palea in carinis supra medium minute ciliolata; antherw j lin. 
longs. 
Horrm: Patung, in grass, 6000 ft. (d. Henry, 60491); 
SzkcuuEN ` Mt. Omei (Faber, 1147!). Herb. Kew. 
A distinct species of the Poa nemoralis group, characterized 
by its very slender elongated stem, developed ligule, strict 
inflorescence, and small few-flowered spikelets. 
10. Poa sphondylodes, Trin. in Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. 
p. 715 Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 256; Baker d Moore, in Journ. 
Linn. Soc., Bot. xvii. (1879) p. 888; Franchet, Pl. David. i. 
p. 938; Palibin, in Act. Horti Petrop. xix. (1901) p. 133 ; Miq. 
in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 280; Franch. et Savat. 
Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 175. 
Poa linearis, Trin. l. c. and its var. subdiantha, Franchet, in Mém. Soc. 
Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. (1884) p. 269, may belong here. 
Poa strictula, Steud. l. c. p. 426. 
Poa palustris, Linn., var. strictula, Zack. in Bull, Herb, Boiss. vii. 
(1899) p. 710, et sér, 2, iii. (1903) p. 506. 
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