538 TRIANDKIA DIGYNIA. PoM. 



spikelets from three to twelve-flowered ; inner glumes of the corol 

 ciiiate. 



This species grows in tufts on dry pasture ground. 



Culms numerous, spreading, witii their extremities ascending, ra- 

 mous, from nine to eighteen mches long. — Leaves small, margins in- 

 volute; sheaths shorter than the joints, with their mouth surrounded 



■with long, slender, white hair Panicles linear-oblong, from two to 



four inches long, composed of short, sub-verticelled, sessile, expand- 

 ing ramifications. — Calyx from three to four-flowered Corol, inner 



valve ciiiate. 



Obs. Every part of the plant is covered with tenacious gluten. 



12. P. tenella. Linn. Sp. PL ed. IVilld. i. 395. 



Erect, smooth, from one to two feet high. Panicle linear-oblong, 

 verticelled. Spikelets pedicelled, from four to six-flowered, smooth. 



A native of pasture ground. 



Culms erect, round, smooth, from one to two feet high Leaves 



smooth, mouth of the sheaths nmch bearded. — Panicles Imear-oblong, 

 composed of verticelled, filiform, expanding, ramous branches, hav- 

 ing always at their insertions and sub-divisions a few fine, long hairs. 

 Spikelets pedicelled, from four to six-flowered. — Calyx and corol 

 smooth. — Seed oval, brown, smooth, falling from the corol when 

 ripe, as do all the other species of this genus that I have yet seen. 



Obs. The anthers shine through the valves, as in P. punctata, 

 and indeed iu most, if not all the Poas. 



13. P. plumosa. Linn. Sp. Fl. ed. Willd. i. 403. Retz. Obs. iv. 20. 



Sub-erect, smooth. Panicle ovate-oblong ; ramifications scattered, 

 horizontal; insertions hairy; ramuli depending. Spikelets pedicelled, 

 from four to six-flowered ; inner valvelets of the corols ciiiate. 



Tsjama-puUu. Rheed. mal. xii. p. 75. t. 41. 



Gramen fumi. Rumph. Amb. \\. p. 10. t. A.f. 3. 



Is found growing in tufts on pasture ground. 



Culms filiform, many, ramous, spreading a little at the base, above 

 erect, from one to two feet high, round, smooth. — Leaves , months 



