106 POA DISTANS. 
glumes, three-ribbed; exterior glume half the length of inner 
glume. Florets of two equal-sized pale; exterior one of lowest 
floret five-ribbed; base in some degree hirsute; inner palea with 
two marginal ribs. Length from twelve to eighteen inches. 
Root perennial and fibrous. 
Flowers at the beginning of July, and ripens its seeds in a 
month. 
Known from Poa maritima by the rough rachis and branches; 
from P. procumbens by the spreading branches of the panicle 
and the ribs of the glumes not being prominent; from P. trivialis 
by its smooth sheaths, blunt ligule, linear spikelets, and florets 
not being webbed; from P. annua in the roughness of the inner 
surface of the leaves and the branches of the panicle; and from 
P. pratensis in the linear spikelets, obtuse glumes, and in the 
florets not being webbed. 
Variety Obtusa found at Breeden, Leicestershire, by Mr. 
Babington, where it was growing in large quantities in the 
fields. The spikelets are larger, ligules shorter, and outer 
palea broader and more obtuse. 
Variety Minor also gathered at Breeden, by Mr. Babington. 
It is more dwarf, and the spikelets of fewer florets. 
The specimen for illustration was gathered in the Nottingham 
Meadows. 
