Il6 Memoirs Bcniicc I'. Bisliop Miisctmi 



lanceolate, scabrous aljuvc, cilialc on the njipcr halt, attenuate into an awn alxmt twice their 

 length. 



A weed in oi)cn gi-Duiul and grassland, mostly al ui)i)er altiludcs; introduced. 

 Originally described from California. 

 Oahu: Summit of Mt. Tantalum, llitchcuck i^v^'x*^- I'aklnia. \\';iianar Range, 



Forbes 168O. 

 Hawaii: Kukaiau Rancli. ,V)00 feet, in pasliu-e. Hitchcock 14210. Summit of 



Hualalai Mountains, llitchcock 14530: JMirbes J05. liilo, along river near 



RainI)ow Falls, liitclicnck 14197. 

 Without locality: ilillebrand. 



3. Festuca bromoides I., .^p. I'l. 75. 1753. 



Similar to /•'. iiiviiahira in aspect: i)anicle dense. 5 to 10 cm. lonjj; ; glumes unequal, the 

 first 4 mm. h>u<^. the second 6 to 7 mm. Ion;;; lemma not ciliate, 7 to 8 mm. long, the awn 

 ID to 12 mm. long (fig. 3). 



A weed in pastures and waste places; iiitruduccd. Originally described 



from Europe. 



Kauai: Kumuweia Ridge, west side \\'aime;i drainage ijasin, l-'orbes 990. 



(Jalut: Along cliff, .Xuuanu I'ali, Hitchcock 13747. 13779. Schofield Barracks, 

 Hitchcock 1393'^ lloiidlulu, .\ewell in 1917. 



Lanai : Mountains near Koele, Forbes 102. 



Maui: Wet forest along Olinda ])ii)e line, Hitchcock T4935. Wet meadow, Hale- 

 akala crater, Hitchcock 14975- 



Hawaii: Summit of Hualalai Mountains, h'orbes 211. Jn woods, Hualalai Moun- 

 tains, 5000 feet. Hitchcock 145 11. Pasture, Kukaiau Ranch. 3600 feet, 

 Hitchcock 142 1 5. Pasture, Humuula Sheep Station. 6000 feet, Hitchcock 

 14435, 14436- Paauhau, Parker Ranch, Rock 3155, 3,^22, 3467. Manna 

 Kea, Moano Crater, 8000 feet. Rock 3298. 



4. PANICULARIA I Uister. 



Spikelets few to many-tlowered. sublerele or .slightly compressed, the rachilla disarticu- 

 lating above the glumes and between the florets; glumes unequal, short, obtuse or acute, usually 

 scarious. mostly i -nerved : lemmas broad, convex on the back, firm, usually olituse. awnless, 

 scarious at the apex, 3 to 9-nerved, the nerves ])arallel, commonly prominent. .\c|uatic or marsh 

 grasses, for the most ])art tall with llat blades, closed or partly closed ^lu•;lths. and open nr con- 

 tracted ])anicles. 



I. Panicularia fluitans ( I.. 1 Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I'l. j 782. i8yi. 



I'cstiicii thiilaus L. Sp. I'l. 75. 1753. 



Plants perennial: culms ascending from a decumbent rooting base, rather thick and succu- 

 lent, I to 1.5 meters tall; sheaths smooth: blades flat, 3 to 10 mm. wide, scabrous above: panicle 

 long and narrow, 20 to 30 cm. long : spikelets single and rather distantly arranged along the 

 upper part of the axis, 2 or 3 together on the lower short a])pressed branches, linear, 1.5 to 2 cm. 

 long, 2 to 3 nnn. wide, short-pediceled, many-flowered; glumes very unctjual, obtuse, the second 

 about 3 mm. long: lemmas broad, dbtuse. 5 \un\. long, 7-nerved, scabcrulous. scarious at the apex. 



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