900 GRAMINE. [ Poa. 
*** Culms 3-lin., densely tufted and compacted, forming patches 2-6 in. 
across. 
Leaves minute, 4-4in. long. Panicle reduced to 1-3 
spikelets .. oc as ate oe .. 15. P. pygmea. 
C. Two outer glumes reaching more than half-way wp the flowering glumes 
wmmediately above them. Flowering glumes broad, obtuse. Anthers small 
often minute, s-7,in. long, oblong. 
Culms 6-18in., stout or slender, leafy throughout. 
Panicle 2- 6in., many-flowered. Spikelets 4-1in., green 
or purplish-green. Flowering glumes prominently 5- 
nerved, glabrous or rarely with a tuft of hairs on the 
callus oe Sic 5 Sef -: 16. P. karim 
Culms 3-12in., slender and delicate, leafy at the base. 
Panicle 1-3 in. ., few-flowered. Spikelets ,—-3in. long, 
silvery - brown. Flowering glumes faintly 5-nerved, 
silky with short white hairs .. Ae Sc .. 17. P. Lindsayt. 
Culms 2-4 in., leafy throughout. Panicle lax, few-flowered. 
Spikelets 3-6, turgid, }-Ain. long, purplish- brown. 
Flowering glumes glabrous .. 18. P. incrassata. 
Culms 1-5 in., leafy throughout. Panicle contracted, few- 
flowered. Spikelets compressed, ;4-}in., green tinged 
with purplish-red. Flowering glumes quite glabrous, 
margins white and membranous or 23 .. 19. P. exigua. 
Culms 1-3 in., leafy at the base. Panicle contracted into 
an oblong head 4-4tin. long. Spikelets 4-12, din. long, 
pale glaucous-green. Flowering glumes silky with short 
crisped hairs . 20. P. Maniototo. 
Culms 2-8 in., rigid. ‘Leaves rough with minute asperities, 
Panicle $- in, long, dense and spiciform, many-flowered. 
Spikelets $in. Flowering glumes quite Sg mar- 
gins white and membranous 44 ‘ .. 21. P. sclerophylia. 
D. Two outer glumes not reaching half-way wp the flowering glumes immediately 
above them. Flowering glwmes broadly oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse or 
acute, glabrous. Anthers minute, gy—-s5 in., oblong. 
Culms 3-14in., slender, leafy, flaccid. Spikelets ,—-}in. 
Flowering glum broadly oblong, obtuse, faintly 3-5- 
nerved : .. 22. P. imbecilla. 
Culms 6-12in. of slender, leafy, flaccid. "Spikelets po-F in. 
Outer glumes very minute. Flowering ee oblong- 
ovate, acute, prominently 3-nerved .. .. 23. P. breviglumis. 
1. P. foliosa, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 338 (excl. var. b).— 
Often forming large tussocks. Culms densely tufted, 1-4 ft. high, 
4-2 in. diam. at the base, stout, erect, leafy, compressed below. 
Leaves very numerous, subdistichous, usually exceeding the culms, 
1-4 ft. long, 4-$in. broad, gradually narrowed into acuminate 
points, flat, coriaceous, glabrous, minutely scabrid above, somewhat 
glaucous beneath ; sheaths rather lax, broad, compressed, striate, 
glabrous; ligules short, membranous, entire or dentate. Panicle 
large, linear-oblong, dense, contracted, inclined or nodding, 3-10 in. 
long, 1-3 in. broad; rhachis stout, grooved, glabrous; branches 
suberect, much divided, slender, glabrous, multi-spiculate. Spikelets 
shortly pedicelled, much compressed, rather large, }-tin. long, 
