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Panicle open, nearly as wide as long. 



Spikelets 1.5 mm long 39. P. lindheimeri. 



Spikelets 1.1 mm long 41. P. longiligtjlatum. 



Sheaths pubescent. 



Ligule 1 mm long. Sheaths sparsely pilose; spikelets 1.4 mm 



long 80. P. CTJRTIFOLITJM. 



Ligule usually more than 1 mm long. 



Ligule 1 to 1.5 mm long. Culms and sheaths appressed- 

 pubescent; spikelets 1.5 mm long or more. 



Spikelets 2.8 to 2.9 mm long 63. P. deamii. 



Spikelets less than 2 mm long. 



Spikelets 1.8 to 1.9 mm long; plants bluish green. 



67. P. TSUGETORUM. 



Spikelets 1.5 mm long, nearly globular; plants olivaceous. 



69. P. ORICOLA. 

 Ligule 2 to 5 mm long. 



Spikelets 1 to 1.3 mm long; culms and sheaths softly 

 appressed-pubescent. 



Spikelets 1.2 to 1.3 mm long 40. P. leucothrix. 



Spikelets not more than 1 mm long 



42. P. WRIGHTIANUM. 



Spikelets mostly more than 1.5 mm long, if less, pubescence 



spreading See 8. Lanuginosa. 



13b. Ligule obsolete or less than 1 mm long. 



14a. Nodes bearded (P. scoparium may appear to be bearded) . 



Spikelets nearly 3 mm long; plants velvety- villous throughout. 



90. P. MALACOPHYLL0M. 



Spikelets rarely as much as 2.5 mm long; plants not pubescent 

 throughout. 



Spikelets 1.5 to 1.6 mm long 25. P. microcarpon. 



Spikelets 2 mm long or more. 



Blades all velvety. Autumnal phase usually sparingly 



branching 27. P. annulum. 



Blades glabrous, or only the lower pubescent or velvety. 

 Spikelets 2 mm long; autumnal phase profusely branching. 



26. P. NITIDUM. 



Spikelets 2.2 mm long or more; autumnal phase less 

 profusely branching. 



Sheaths and upper nodes glabrous 29. P. clutei. 



Lower sheaths and all nodes pubescent. 



28. P. mattamuskeetense. 

 14b. Nodes not bearded. 



15a. Plants densely gray-velvety throughout, a viscid, glabrous 



ring below the nodes 99. P. scoparium. 



15b. Plants not gray-velvety. 



16a. Sheaths or some of them pilose or hispid. 

 Pubescence papillose-hispid. 



Spikelets ovate, pointed, 2.3 to 2.6 mm long. 



101. P. SCABRIUSCULUM. 



Spikelets obovate, obtuse, nearly 3 mm long. 



Blades about 2 cm wide 108. P. clandestinum. 



Blades not more than 6 mm wide. 



89. P. WILCOXIANUM. 



Pubescence ascending-pilose. 



Spikelets 2.8 to 2.9 mm long 63. P. deamii. 



Spikelets not more than 2.5 mm long. 

 Spikelets 2 to 2.5 mm long. 



Winter blades elongate, 5 to 10 cm long; plants bluish 

 green. Spikelets 2 mm long. 



66. P. WILMINGTONENSE. 



Winter blades 1 to 3 cm long; plants olivaceous. 

 Spikelets about 2.4 mm long; panicle open, 

 branches stiffly spreading. 



64. P. COMMONSIANUM. 



Spikelets 2 to 2.1 mm long; panicle rather dense, 

 branches ascending 65. P. addisonii. 



