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23. Poa marcida Hitchc. (Fig. 192.) Culms erect, in small tufts, 

 40 to 100 cm tall; ligule very short; blades thin, 1 to 3 mm wide; 

 panicle drooping, narrow, 10 to 18 cm long, the capillary branches 



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Figure 193— Poa atsodes. Panicle, X lj floret, X 10. (Wilson, N.Y.) 



somewhat distant, solitary or in pairs, ascending or appressed; 

 spikelets mostly 2-flowered; glumes about 3 mm long; lemmas nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, acuminate, 4 to 5 mm long, glabrous, long-webbed at 



base. 0[ — Bogs and wet shady places, Van- 

 couver Island to the coast mountains of Oregon. 

 24. Poa alsodes A. Gray. (Fig. 193.) Culms 

 in lax tufts, 30 to 60 cm tall; blades thin, lax, 

 2 to 5 mm wide; panicle 10 to 20 cm long, very 

 open, the slender branches in distant whorls 

 of threes to fives, finally widely spreading, 

 naked below, few-flowered; spikelets 2- or 3- 

 flowered, about 5 mm long; lemmas gradually 

 acute, webbed at base, pubescent on the lower part of the keel, other- 

 wise glabrous, faintly nerved. 01 — Rich or moist woods, Maine 

 to Minnesota, south to Delaware and the mountains of North Carolina 

 and Tennessee (fig. 194). 



Figuee 194.— Distribution of 

 Poa alsodes. 



Figure 195— Poa languida. Panicle, X 1; floret, X 10. (Chase 7511, N.Y.) 



25. Poa languida Hitchc. (Fig. 195.) Culms weak, in loose tufts, 

 30 to 60 or even 100 cm tall; ligule about 1 mm long; blades lax, 2 to 

 4 mm wide; panicle nodding, 5 to 10 cm long, the few slender branches 



