804 GRAMINE/E. [Poa. 



Salt marshes at Howth, Ringsend, and other places on the coast. 

 Fl. July, Aug. % . — One foot high. Leaves linear, plane, not pun- 

 gent. Ligule short, obtuse. Branches' of the panicle singularly de- 

 flexed, slender. Spikelets much shorter than in the last species. 

 Glumes membranous, softer. Calyx-valoes much smaller than the 

 corolla, unequal, larger one obscurely 3-nerved. 



5. P. procumbens, Curt. Procumbent Sea Meadow-grass. 

 Panicle compact, ovato-lanceolate, disticho-secund, (rigid) ; 

 spikelets linear-lanceolate, of about four florets, which are 

 5-ribbed. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 44. E. Bot. t. 532.— Glyceria 

 procumbens, E. Fl. v. i. p. 119. — Sclerochloa, Beauv. Lindl. 



Salt marsh below Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. June— Aug. 

 ©. — Culms procumbent, six to eight inches long, glaucous. Leaves 

 linear, obtuse. Ligule short, very blunt. Panicle about two inches 

 long ; branches patent, distichous, their spikelets secund. Calyx-valves 

 smaller than the floret, obtuse, strongly ribbed. Florets oblong, dis- 

 tant upon the rachis. Inner valve of the corolla membranous, bifid at 

 the point. 



6. P. rigida, Linn. Hard Meadow-grass. Panicle lanceo- 

 late, disticho-secund, (rigid) ; spikelets linear, acute, of about 

 seven florets, which are almost all ribless ; root fibrous. Br. Fl. 

 ed. 3. p. 44. E. Bot. t. 1371. — Glyceria rigida, E. Fl. v. i. 

 p. 119. — Sclerochloa, Beauv. Lindl. 



Walls, rocks, and dry barren soils, frequent. Fl. June. ©.—Whole 

 plant very rigid and wiry, three to five inches long. Leaves rigid, 

 linear, setaceous. Ligule oblong, jagged. Rachis angled, sometimes 

 at once bearing the spikelets, (when it much resembles Triticum lolia- 

 ceum,) but more usually throwing out branches. 



7. P. compressa, Linn. Flat-stemmed Meadow-grass. Pa- 

 nicle subsecund, spreading (afterwards subcoarctate) ; spikelets 

 oblong, of 5 — 7 obtuse flowers connected by a web ; culm com- 

 pressed; root creeping. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 45. E. Fl. v. i. p. 131. 

 E. Bot. t. 365. 



On walls and dry ground. Walls of Deny ; Mr. D. Moore. 

 Between Gal way and Tuam ; Mr. J. White. Fl. June, July. % .— 

 One foot or more high, rather glaucous. Culms compressed, procum- 

 bent at the base. Leaves short, linear, acute. Ligule very short, 

 blunt ; panicle not much branched. Calyx-valves ribbed, acute. 

 Valves of the corolla obtuse, outer one very closely ribbed ; the lower 

 florets webbed at the base. 



■X- * Spikelets ovate. (Poa, Sm.) 



8. P. alpina, Linn. Alpine Meadow-grass. Panicle diffuse ; 

 spikelets ovate, of 4 — 5 acute flowers, hairy below (but not 

 webbed) ; leaves broadly linear, obtuse ; ligule of the upper 

 leaves oblong, acute, of the lower ones short, obtuse. Br. Fl. 

 ed. 3. p. 45. E. Fl. v. i. p. 121. E. Bot. t. 1003. 



Near the summit of Brandon, County of Kerry ; Croagh Patrick, 

 County of Mayo ; and Ben- Bulben, County of Sligo. Slieve Gallion. 



