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of very unequal length, and often dividing again, and 

 ending in a corymb of flowers. At the base of the umbel 

 rises at least one long sheathing leaf, with long silk-like 

 hairs, and reaching far beyond the heads o£ blossom ; there 

 is often also a smaller leaf at some of the subdivisions of 

 the corymb, and, if not a leaf, more or less of scales. The 

 leaves are long and narrow. Woods of the plain as well 

 as those of the mountain : Onex near Geneva, Annecy, 

 Rumilly, &c. 



L. lutea has much broader leaves, more like common 

 grass ; the leaves and sheaths are quite smooth, without 

 hairs ; the panicle of flowers is less divided ; the yellowish 

 flowers are smaller and more closely packed together ; and 

 there is no long leaf, only a sheath at the base of the panicle. 

 Sunny Alpine pastures : Mer de Glace, Mont Cenis. 



99. Poa. 



(PLATE LVI.) 



It would be too great an undertaking to enter upon the 

 grasses here, a most interesting tribe of plants, which are 

 made out to be more difficult than they really are. We 



