





146 TRTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Poa. 





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Scheuch.pt. 2.2-2*7. dan. 7k§~Scheuch. it. ii. 18. 3-Leers 



5. Z*-Mont. 12. 



Near 2 feet high. Straw smooth. Leaves very slender, just 

 sensibly rough. Panicle from 2 to 6 inches high, greatly vary- 

 ing also in its breadth, and in the number of its branches. Calyx 

 generally 2j rarely 3-flowered, the keel serrulated towards the 

 end. Bloss. scarcely woolly at the base, but with some very fine 

 soft and short wool-like hairs along the keel. It is not very ob- 

 vious why Linnaeus applies the term rough to the spikets, in his 

 Sp. char. Its habit as to strength or feebleness varies very much. 



Poa angustifolia ne mora lis. Huds. Wood Meadow-grass. 



Woods and shady places. [Plentiful in the North. Mr. Wood- 

 ward. Wick Cliffs. Mr. Swayne.J A. June. 



min'ima. P. Calyx 1 -flowered. 



Agrostis minima , which see ; but it is truly a Poa. St. 



(3) Panicle pointing one way. 



rig ida. P. Panicle spear-shaped, somewhat branched : branches 



alternate, pointing one way: fruit-stalk bordered. 



Cxrt.UQ-Vail/AS. 4-H. ox. viii. Q.O-Barr. \Q—Ger. 4. 3 

 -C. B. th. 32. \-Park. 1 157-Scheuch. 6. 2 and 3-Mont.U* 



Straw very short and stiff. Panicle spear-shaped, inflexible; 



pound 



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on inflexible fruit-stalks, which are shorter than the spikes they 

 support ; strap-shaped, sharp, about 8 florets in each. Florets 

 sharp and skinny at the points. Calyx keeled. Linn. From •* 



eaves 



may be distinguished from all the other species by the principal or 

 main fruit-stalk being broad on the side opposite to the direction 

 of the branches, convex, and edged with a paler green border. 



Hard Meadow-grass. Dry sandy or stony places, walls and 

 roofs. [St. Vincent's rocks. Near the mill-pool at Lilleshall, 

 Shropshire.] A. June — Aug' 



rupes'tris. P. Panicle spear-shaped, branches alternate : calyx ribbed, 



3 or 4 -flowered : straw knee-jointed. 



Plate XXVI.— Curt.-E. hot. 532. 



About 4 or 5 inches high. Straw knee.bent at the up[* r 

 joint, sheathed up to the panicle. Leaves short, broad, ribbed- 

 Panicle li inch long, nearly 1 inch broad. Calyx 3 or \ flow- 

 ered ; outer valve 3-ribbed. Bloss. valves blunt. It has not th' 

 bordered fruit-stalk of the Poa rigida. 



