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Three new or noteworthy Grasses. 
By F. LAMSON-SCRIBNER. 
Some ten or twelve years ago Mr. J. Wolf collected in Illinois 
a Poa which was thought to be only a form of Poa alsodes by Dr. 
A. Gray anda variety of P. flexuosa Muhl. by Dr. Vasey. Speci- 
mens thus ticketed by Dr. Vasey are in my herbarium and in the 
herbarium the University of Tennessee, and similar specimens: 
collected by Wolf which are ticketed in Dr. Vasey’s hand writing, 
“ Poa alsodes var. Wolfii.’ In working up the Poas for “ The 
Grasses of Tennessee” I find that Dr. Gattinger collected the 
Fics. 1-5. Spikelets of Poa Wolfii Scribn. 
Fics. 6, 7. Spikelets of Poa flexuosa Muhl. 
Fics. 8, 9. Spikelets of Poa alsodes A. Gray. 
grass in question several times within the State. The first Sper Ee 
mens are marked “ Lavergne, May, 1882,” the last “ Cedar glans 
Lavergne, 1890.” Finding these specimens among our Tennesst? 
plants led to a close examination of the characters of the: 3 
with the result that it appears to the writer to be quite distinct 
readily separable from either P. fexuosa Muhl. or P. alsodes Gra 
The species is thus characterized: A slender perennial, 
feet high with a loose nodding panicle. Leaves 1—2 lines wide, 
