Poa.] GRAMINE^. 



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16. P, compressa, L,~E. BoL U 365.—P/i.— Torr>—Gray, Gram, et Cyp, Part I, w. 

 59. 



Hab. Canada to the Saskatchawan. Dr Richardson, Drummond. 



17. P. angustata^ Br. m Parry's 1st Voy. App, p. cclxxxvii and cccix. 



Hab. Arctic Sea-coast and adjacent islands. Dr Richardson. Sir E. Parry. 



18. P. abbreviata, Br. in Parry's 1st Voy, App. /?. cclxxxvii and cccix. Hook, et Arn. 

 in Bot, of Beech, Foy, ]). 132. 



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Hae. Melville Islands and Igloolik. Sir E. Parry. Kotzebae's Sound, Capt. Beechey, Greenland. 

 Major Sabine. 



19. P, glumaris [TrinJ) ; paniculae angustatee densae radiis 2-3 angulato-filiformibus 

 laevibus a basi floriferis, spiculis 2-5-floi'is pedicello longioribus (gluinis flores subasquanti- 

 bus), perianthiis disiinctiuscule nervosis lineari-Ianceolatls acutis ad carinam nervosque 

 marginales villosulisnudisve basi barbatis, ligulis brevissimis vel suprema productiuscula, 

 radice repente, culmo tereti, Trin. in Act. Petrop. 6. I. p. 379. Bongard, Veg, Sitcha, p. 

 55. {et in Herb, nostr.) Kth. Enum. Gram. p. 359. 



Hab, Unalaschka, Kotzebue's Sound. (Trinius,) Sitcha. Mertens. — A large and very distinct species. 



20. P, fulva {Trin.); paniculse (foliis brevioribus) patuli^e radiis subquaternis sub- 

 angulato-filiformibus laevibus inferne nudis, spiculis (subacerosis) 4-6-floris pedicellis 

 subaequilongis vel longioribus, perianthiis obsolete nervosis lanceoIato-elHpticis obtusius- 

 culis nudis basi vix barbatis, ligulis productis, radice repente. Trin, in Act. Petrop. 6. 1. 

 378. Kth. Enum. p. 359. 



Hab. Bay of EschscholtZj Kotzebue's Sound. (Tn'mus.) 



21. P. stenantha {Trin.); paniculae contractiusculae radiis binis (v. pseudo-ternis) 

 solitariisque filiformibus scabriusculis Isevibusve inferne niidis, spiculis 2-5-florjs pedicellis 

 aequilongis longioinbusvCj perianthiis obsolete nervosis lanceolato-Iinearibus acutiuscuHs 

 ad carinam villosulis inferne pilosiusculis basi subbarbulatis, ligulis productis, radice 

 fibrosa. Trin. in Act. Petrop. 6. t, 376. Bongard^ Veg. Sitcha, p. 54. Kth. Enum. p. 358. 



Hab. Sitcha. Mertens. Grassy slopes near the summit of Mount Rainier. N. W. Am. Tolrnie. — A 

 very distinct species of Poa, viviparous in the original specimen I have received from the Imperial Herbarium 

 of St Petersburg. 



22. P. leptocoma {Trin.) ; paniculse patentis saepissime flaccidae pauciflor^e radiis binis 

 subcapillaceo-filiformibus laevissirais superne floriferis, spiculis subtrifloris pedicello sub- 

 aequilongis vel longioribusj perianthiis subobsolete nervosis lineari-lanceolatis acutiuscuHs 

 vel carinam villosulis basi contortuplicato-lanatis, ligulis productis, radice fibrosa. Trin. 

 in Act. Petrop. 6. 1. 374. Bmigard, Veg. Sitcha, p. 54. 



Hab, Sitcha. Bongard. 



