POA ALPINA. 
Linnzvs. Hooxrer anp Arnott. SmitH. Parnett. Kocu. Linptrry. 
Knapp. Witipenow. Liaurroot. 
ScorapErR. Host. Wantenserc. Deakin. Srincnarr. MAcrericur. 
Kunto. Basineton. Ratrs. 
PLATE XXXIX.——B. 
Poa cesia, SMITH. 
«© glomerata, Don. 
The Alpine Meadow-Grass. 
Poa—Grass. Alpina—Alpine. 
An early useless Grass, generally growing at from three to 
four thousand feet elevation. 
In England, found in Yorkshire; Wales, Caernarvon; Scot- 
land, Perth, Forfar, Aberdeen, and Inverness. 
Native of France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Nor- 
way, Sweden, Lapland, Iceland, Greenland, and North America. 
Stem upright, circular, smooth, bearing two or three short 
flat leaves, with smooth striated sheaths; upper sheath much 
longer than its leaf, and having a lengthy membranous ligule 
at the apex. Upper leaf folded, compressed, and rounded behind 
the apex. Joints two, smooth. Inflorescence panicled. Panicle 
compact and erect. Branches rough; basal one in pairs. Spike- 
lets broadly-ovate, commonly viviparous. Usually four awnless 
florets; summit of basal floret extending beyond the calyx. 
Calyx of two broad equal glumes, three-ribbed. Keels minutely 
dentate. Florets not webbed, of two palee; basal exterior one 
