CONTENTS 



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liilnxluction 3 



Cieiieral discussion 3 



Ecological areas 3 



Agricultural grasses '. 6 



Iiitroduccfl species 7 



Native species 8 



Keys 9 



To the tribes 9 



To the genera <- 9 



Description of the genera and species I2 



Catalogue of specimens ••■• 125 



List of new species and new names 132 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plate XXXI. ./. Hawaiian hut thatched with pili grass: B. Kragrostis variabilis at Xuuanu 



Pali ; C. The central plain of Oahu at Schofield Barracks 230 



XXXII. ./. and B. Timber line of IMauna Kea. showing, A. Trisetum glomeratum : 



B. .\grostis sandwicensis 230 



XXXIII. A. A field of Sudan grass: B. Grazing land, central Molokai 230 



XXXIV. A. A plantation of Paspalum at Haiku : B. Field of Uba cane 230 



XXXV. A. and B. Poa siphonoglossa 230 



Figure i. Bromus hordeaceus 112 



2. Bromus racemosus 112 



3. Festuca hromoidcs 112 



4. Festuca hawaiicnsis 1 14 



5. Poa compressa 1 14 



6. Poa annua 1 18 



7. Poa pratensis 120 



8. Poa mannii 120 



9. Poa siphonoglossa - 122 



10. Poa sandvicensis 122 



11. Briza minor 124 



12. Eragrostis amabilis .- ■ 124 



13. Eragrostis cilianensis 126 



14. Eragrostis caroliniana 126 



15. Eragrostis atropioides 128 



16. Eragrostis mauiensis 128 



17. Eragrostis brownei 130 



18. Eragrostis deflcxa 132 



19. Eragrostis grandis 132 



20. Eragrostis monticola I34 



21. Eragrostis lcpt()])hylla 134 



22. Eragrostis variabilis 13*^ 



23. Dactylis glonierata 13^^ 



24. Hordeum murinum 138 



25. Lolium temulentuni 138 



26. Lolium multilldrum 138 



