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Stamens 2. Lower 2 flowers neutral, with a 

 single, aristate, canaliculate palet. — 71- Leaves 

 flattened. Panicle contracted. 



1. A. ODORATUM L. — Marin County. Sum- 

 mer. 



Fragrant grass, probably introduced from 

 Europe. 



8. Polypogon Desf. Beard Grass. 



Spikelets 1-flowered. Glumes 2, carinate, 

 aristate, much longer than the flower. Palets 

 2, upper 2-carinate, lower truncate at the apex. 

 Leaves flattened. 



1. P. MoNSPELiENsisDesf. Glumes notched, 

 their awns 2 or 3 times their own length. — 0. 

 Coast Kange. Spring. 



2. P. LiTTORALis Smith. Glumes tapering 

 into an awn about their own length. — 2|!. San 

 Francisco. Summer. 



9. Agrostis L- Bent- Grass. 



Spikelets 1-flowered. Glumes 2, carinate, 

 awnless, larger than the flowers. Palets 2; 

 lower sometimes aristate; upper 2-carinate, 

 sometimes wanting. Tufted. Leaves sometimes 

 involute. Panicles with verticillate branches. 



1. A. ALBA L (v III g ar is y^'ith). Glumes 

 nearly equal, upper palet nearly half the length 

 of the lower. — It. Common, although not in- 

 digenous. Summer. 



Native of Europe. 



