23- Phleun L. Zimothy. 
Perennials with dense cylindrical or subeylindrical panicles. 
Spikelets 1l-flowered, laterally conupressed, disarticulating above the 
glumes; glumes equal, abruptly mucronate or short-awned, 3-nerved, the 
lateral nerves close to the keel, the keels stiffly ciliate; lemnas 
shorter than che glumes, truncate, hyaline, o@-S-nerved; palea narrow, 
about as long as the lemma. 
6 Inflorescence two to four times longer than wide; 
f 3 
4 wee awns of the glumes 2-2.5 mnie long l. Pe alpinum 
O Inflorescence narrow, several times longer than 
4 wides @me avms of the glumes 1-1.5 mm. long 2e P. pratense 
1. P. alpinum Le Mountain Timothy. Culms erect fran a decumbent 
base, 20-50 cm. tall; sheaths smooth; ligules truncate or obtuse, 1-2 mm. 
long; blades flat, scabrous, erect, 5-15 om. long, 5-10 mm. wide; panicles 
ovoid-cylindric, 2-5 cme long, about 1 cm. thick; glumes 4 mm. long, not 
including the awns, sparsely scabrous. 
Wet mountain meadows. and river banks, Near Stevens Peak, 5700 fte; 
ud) ata Meries Res 2900 [Ce 
eo Pe pratense Le NMmothy. —-—>Culms erect from a somewhat swollen 
bulb-like base, as much as 120 cm. tall; sheaths smooth; ligules 2-3 mm... 
long: blades flat, scabrous, 10-30 cm. long, 26 mn. wide; panicles 5-10 
ome long, 5-8 mu. wide; glumes 3 mm. long not liucluding the awns, densely 
scabrous. 
Fields and waste places. 
beaten 
