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Maui: Lahaina, Hitchcock 14885. Puu Kukui, Hitchcock 14764. West Maui, 



Rock. 

 Hawaii: »Suniniit of Hualalai Ahniiilains, Hilclicock 14531. Hilu, Hitchcock 



14195. Kukaiau Ranch. Hitchcock 14205, 14232. Paauhau, Rock 3462, 



5124. Wainiea, Hitchcock 14376. 

 Without locahty: Hillebrand. 



2. Agrostis verticillata \'ill. Prosp. 16. 1779. 



Agrostis Icaiiaiensis Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Isl. 516. 1888. 



Culms commonly decumbent at base, sometimes with long creeping and rooting stolons, the 

 flowering branches 20 to 40 cm. tall; blades flat, mostly less than 10 cm. long. 2 to 4 mm. wide, 

 scabrous ; panicle contracted, lobed or verticillate, especially at base. 3 to 10 cm. long, light green, 

 the branches flower-bearing from the base ; glumes equal, obtuse or barely acute, scabrous on 

 back and keel, 2 mm. long; lemma half as long as glumes, awnless, truncate and toothed at 

 apex; palea nearly as long as the lemma (fig. 36). 



Moist places, banks of streams; introduced. Originally described from 

 Europe. .-Igrostis kanaicnsis was described from "Kauai! W'aimea (Kn., and 

 M. & B. no. 273)." These specimens probably came from the same general region 

 as the Kauai specimens listed below. 



Kauai: Kaholuamano, Hitchcock 15301. Waimea drainage basin, Kokee stream, 

 Forbes 774. Waimea, 2000 to 3000 feet, Mann & Brigham 273 (type col- 

 lection of .}. kciiiaiciisis). Without locality. Rock 5120. 

 Hawaii: Kukaiau Ranch, Hitchcock 14221. Puu Waawaa, Hitchcock 14474. 



3. Agrostis stolonifera L. Sp. I'l. 62. 1753. Redtop. 



Culms decumbent at base, with long creeping stolons, 30 to 60 cm. tall ; sheaths smooth : 

 ligule membranaceous, 2 to 4 mm. long; blades flat, scabrous, 10 to 15 cm. long, 3 to 4 mm. 

 wide; panicle ovate or oblong, 10 to 20 cm. long, moderately contracted or somewhat open: 

 glumes acuminate, about 2.5 mm. long, scabrous on the keel, glabrous on the back ; lemma a little 

 shorter than the glumes, awnless ; palea alx)Ut half as long as the lemma. 



Pasture land in the mountains; introduced. Originally described from 

 Europe. 



Kauai: Waimea drainage basin, Waineke paddock, Forbes 1018. 

 'Oahu: Mt. Tantalus, Hitchcock 13869. 

 Molokai : Poholua, Forbes 98. 

 Hawaii: Kitkaiau Ranch, Hitchcock 14216, 14231. 



4. Agrostis canina L. Sp. PI. 62. 1753. 



Culms erect or, in the Hawaiian specimens, often creeping at base, 10 to 30 cm. tall; 

 leaves in a firm basal tuft, and a few on the culm, less than 5 cm. long, the basal ones capillary; 

 panicle oblong, open, but the branches ascending or appressed ; glumes 2 mm. long or a little 

 shorter, acuminate ; lemma a little shorter than the glumes, the awn from about the middle, 

 longer than the glumes, bent (fig. 38). 



Grassland ; introduced. Originally described from Europe. 

 Hawaii: Glenwood, Rock 12738, July 1912. 



