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TRIANDRIA, DIGYNIA. Poa. 



and pointed, in the P. pratensis short and blunt. If this hold 

 true universally there cannot be a doubt of this var. belonging 

 to the pratensis* The florets when ripe adhere together by the 

 woolly hairs at the base and on the keel of the bloss. as Linnaeu9 

 observes to be the case in his P. angustifolia. 



Woods and Hedges. [In Hertfordshire. Mr. Woodward.] 



P. June* 



alpi'na. P. Panicle spreading, very much branched: spikets 6- 



flowered, heart- shaped. 



»_. . Scheuch. pr. 3. 4, 



Florets from 2 to 5 in each spiket. Scheuchz* 

 Var. 2. viviparous. Panicle viviparous. 



Fl. dan. SOf^Scheuch. it. i. 4. 1-Scheuch. 4. 14» 



About 7 inches high. Panicle 2 to 3 inches long; only 

 some of the florets viviparous. 



On Snowdon. [Crib y Ddeseil, Mr. Griffith. — Malghyrdy, 

 Benteskerny, and on Ben Lawers. Mr. Brown.] P. June, July. 



; 



igustifolia 



cylindrical, upright. Sp. pi. Root-leaves doubled to- 

 gether^ very slender : sheaths smooth, sheath-scale 

 short, lopped. Gmel. 



This has been supposed to be a British plant, but Mr. Afte- 

 lius assured me' he had never seen a specimen of it in England ; 

 all that had been shewn to him for it being, like my specimens, 

 var. of the P. pratensis. See P. pratensis, var. 2. setacea* 

 Whatever may be the plant of Linnaeus, the var. just now re- 

 ferred to is well represented by H. ox. viii. 5. Ip. and also by 

 Leers, t. 6". f. 3, and these figures are cited to the Linnsean P. 

 augustifolia, so that probably the plants are not specifically 

 distinct. 



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bulbo'sa. P. Little spikes egg-shaped: florets smoothish, acute: 



straw upright^ bulbous at bottom. Huds. 



Vaitt. 17. 8. 



Panicle branched, the branches angular, roughish. Little 

 spikes egg-shaped, acute; with :3, -!, or 5 florets, a little hairy at 

 the base. Huns. Not the P. bulbosa of the Linn. Herbar. which 

 Mr. Afzelius tells me is only the viviparous var. of the P. alpi» a ' 



Meadow 



Var. Q. viviparous. Panicle viviparous. 



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