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long. % [P. paupercula Fern, and Weath., P. paupercula var. 

 alaskana Fern, and Weath.) — Salt 

 marshes and shores, Labrador to 



Figure 120.— Puccinellia nuttalliana. Panicle, X 

 1; floret, X 10. (Rydberg 2135, Mont.) 



Figure 119.— Distribution of 



Puccinellia distans. 



Alaska, south to Connecticut and 

 Oregon (fig. 123). 



10. Puccinellia nutkaensis (Presl) 



Fern, and Weath. (Fig. 124.) Perennial; culms rather stout, 40 to 



70 cm tall; blades 1 to 2 mm wide, 

 subinvolute; panicle narrow, 10 

 to 20 cm long, usually included at 

 base, the lower branches usually 

 as much as 7 cm long; spikelets 

 4- to 9-flowered, 6 to 10 mm 

 long; glumes about 1.5 and 2 mm 



Figure 122.— Puccinellia pumila. Plant, X 1; 

 floret, X 10. (Type.) 



Figure 121.— Distribution of 



Puccinellia nuttalliana. 



long; lemmas 3 to 4 mm long, nar- 

 rowed to an obtuse apex, the tip 

 minutely fimbriate, the base with 

 a few hairs; anthers about 0.7 mm 

 long. 91 — Salt marshes and 

 saline soil near the coast, Alaska 

 to central California. 



6. GLYCERIA R. Br. 



Mannagrass 



(Panicularia Heist.) 



Spikelets few- to many-flow- 

 ered, subterete or slightly com- 

 pressed, the rachilla disarticulat- 

 ing above the glumes and between 

 the florets; glumes unequal, short, 

 obtuse or acute, usually scari- 

 ous, mostly 1 -nerved; lemmas 



broad, convex on the back, firm, 

 usually obtuse; scarious at the apex, 5- to 9-nerved, the nerves 



