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"Canary grass." Native of the Mediterranean 

 region; used as bird's food and probably es- 

 caped with the rubbish of birds' cages. 



2. P. INTERMEDIA Bosq. Panicle dense and 

 spike-like; glumes pointed with a broad keel. 

 . Common. Spring. 



3. P. AMETHYSTINA Trin. Panicle dense and 

 spike-like; glumes with a narrow keel. 1C 

 Contra Costa hills. Summer. 



4. P. ARUNDINACLE L. Panicle branched; 

 glumes not all carinate, pointed, 3-nerved. 2. 

 Niles. Summer. 



6. Hierochloa Gmelin. HOLY GRASS. 



Spikelets3-flowered; flowers sessile. Glumes 

 equal, carinate. Upper flower S ; lower palet 

 carinate; upper 1-nerved. 2 lower flowers 6 ; 

 lower palet carinate, upper 2-carinate. 1. 

 Spikelets pedicillate. Leaves flattened. 



1. H. MACROPHYLLA Thurb. Tamalpais. 

 Summer. 



Fragrant grass, perhaps containing cumarine 

 like our Galium triftorum and the European 

 Asperula odorata (Waldmeister). 



7. Anthoxanthum L- SWEET VERNAL-GKASS. 

 Spikelets 3-flowered. Glumes 2, carinate; 

 lower glume shorter, 1-nerved; upper 3-nerved. 

 Upper flower $ , with 2 navicular palets with- 

 out awns; lower palet wrapt round the upper. 



