FESTUCE.E. 575 



ceoliito, 3-nerved, 3.5 mm. long; floral glume 5-5.5 mm. long, 5- 

 nerved [3-iierved Yasey], ovate-lanceolate, sometimes obtuse, scu- 

 berulous, not pubescent nor webbed at the base; the lateral nerves 

 only extending half or two-thirds the way to the apex, and two of 

 them obscure; palea curved, linear, 4.5 mm. long, 2-toothed, sca- 

 brous on the keels. 



Allied to Poa laxa and Poa arctica. 



Oregon, Howell, U. S. Dejyt. Agrmil. 664, Siiksdorf, 



Oregon and Washington. 



6. A. PROCUMBENS (Curtis) Thurb. S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 309 

 (1880). Poa procAimhens Curt. Fl. Lond. fasc. 6:11 (1817-28). 

 Sclei'ochloa 2)rocumhens Beauv. Agrost. 98 (1812). Glyceria pro- 

 cumhens Dmjxx. Obs. Gram. Belg. 145(1828). Festuca jjrocumbens 

 Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 129 (1829). 



A stout tufted glaucous decumbent annual, 15-25 cm. high. 

 Sheaths smooth, loose, longer than the internodes; ligule 2 mm. 

 long; blades of the culm 3-4 in number, flat or becoming con- 

 duplicate, 2-5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, scarious above. Panicle 

 often included at the base, rather dense, ovate-lanceolate, 2-6 cm. 

 long, rays stout, solitary or more" often in twos or threes, erect 

 or spreading, the longest 1-2 cm. long, bearing distichous spikelets. 

 Spikelets subsessile, linear or lanceolate, 2-5-flowered, joint of ra- 

 chilla 1.3 mm. long; empty glumes ovate or oval, first 1-nerved, 

 1-2 mm. long, second 3-5-nerved, 2-3 mm. long; floral glume 3 

 mm. long, pubescent below, oval, obtuse, erose-toothed or muoro- 

 nate ; palea ciliate, as long as its glume. 



Pennsylvania (Philadelpliia), Sci'ibner 3473 a, from Dr. Brinton. 



Introduced from Europe Avitli ballast on the coast at various 

 places. 



7. A. MARiTiNA (Iluds.) Griseb. Fl. Ptoss. 4:389 (1853). Poa 

 maritima Huds. Fl. Angl. Ed. 1, 35 (1762). Puccinellia maritima 

 Pari. Fl. Ital. 1 : 367 (1850). Sclerochloa maritima Reichenb. Fl. 

 Exc. 36 (1830-2). Glyceria maritima M. & K. Deutsch. Fl. 1 : 

 588 (1823). Diachroa maritima Nutt. ex Steud. Nom. Ed. 2, 1: 

 497 (1840). Hydrochloa maritima Ilartm. Gram. Skand. 8 (1819), 

 and many more synonyms. 



