130 MISC. PUBLICATION 200, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 

 tawny, papery; blades flat or folded, shorter than the culms; panicle 



FIGURE 239. Poa involuta. Plant, X 1; floret, X 10. (Swallen 1110, Tex.) 



oblong, dense and spikelike or somewhat interrupted below, 2 to 6 cm 



long; spikelets 6 to 8 mm long; glumes 

 broad, acute; lemmas 3 to 4 mm long, gla- 

 brous except for a few short hairs on the 

 nerves below. Qi (P.pachypholisPipeY.) 



FIGURE 241. Distribution of 

 Poa cusickii. 



Cliffs, bluffs, and rocky meadows near 

 the seashore, Washington (Ilwaco) ; Cali- 

 fornia (Humboldt Bay to Monterey). 



52. Poa epilis Scribn. SKYLINE BLUE- 

 GRASS. (Fig. 243.) Culms erect from a rather loose base, solitary or 



FIGURE 240. Poa cusickii. Panicle, X 

 1; floret, X 10. (Howell 183, Oreg.) 



