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Wahl. Fl. Ups. 36 (1820). Pucincllia distans Pari. Fl. Itiil. 1 : o()7 

 (1850). G. airoides A. Gray, Proc. Acad. Sc. Pliila. 330 (1SG3), 

 and many otlier synonyms. 



Perennial; culms geniculate at the base, ascending, 30-00 cm. 

 higli, without cveepin^j rootstocks. Leaves 2-3 in number; ligule 

 1-2 mm. long; blades scabrid above, mostly flat or becoming invo- 

 lute, 5-10 cm. long. Panicle erect, oval or pyramidal, 10-20 cm. 

 long, rays in half-whorls of 3-5, spreading or even deflexed from 

 a curved thickened callus base, the longest 0-8 cm. long, ilower- 

 bearing from a little below the middle. Spikelets oblong or linear, 

 3-6-flowered, joint of rachilla slender, 0.7 mm. long; empty glumes 

 membi'anous, rounded on the back, first 1-nerved, about 1 mm. 

 long, second 3-nerved, about 2 mm. long; floral glume 2.5-3 mm. 

 long, slightly pubescent below, tinged with purple, oval, obtuse or 

 subacute; palea nearly or fully as long as its glume. 



Bentham in *" British Flora,'' when comparing it with G. mari- 

 tima, says : " The leaves are flatter, the stem taller and more slender, 

 the panicle much more spreading, with long slender branches, ami 

 the spikelets smaller, the glumes not above a line long." Dr. Tliur- 

 ber includes here G. )narifima\Y-d\\\., G. aiujustata Griseb., G. fes- 

 tucwformis B^eich., G. airoides Thurb., G. montana Buckl. 



Introduced along the coast. 



Var. CONFERTA (Fries). Ghjceria conferta Fries, Mant. 2:10 

 (1842). 



Stoloniferous, branches of the panicle scabrid, rachis not fur- 

 rowed, spikelets crowded, smaller, florets 4-7, apex of florul glume 

 3-toothed. Intermediate between A. maritinia and A. distans. 



Found in western Europe. Introduced with ballast. 



The above notes are adapted from Hooker's Students' Flora of 

 British Islands. 



3. A. Lemmoni (Vasey). G. Lemniotii A'asey, Grass. U. S. 43 

 (1885), name only. 



A slender erect tufted perennial, smooth or nearly smooth 

 throughout, 20-40 cm. high. Sheaths longer than the internodes: 

 ligule rather firm, 2-3 mm. long; blades involute, filiform, those 

 of the sterile shoots numerous, erect, 5-10 cm. long, those of the 



