;iU>ii,i; Ihf kcH'l. lor llic ri'sl siiiodIIi. iiol ;ili;iiiiiii^ llir suniniil ol llic llorcl.s. I'lic llorcts 

 siin-oundcd nl llii' l);isf l)y loiij;. ;u:icliiH)i(l liaiis. Pales (■(|iiallv loiif^, nboul '1 mm. in 

 Iciit^lli. llic lower one hroad. ovate, rallier sul)ol)lu.se al llie apes, willi a niemhianous 

 mar,<>in. .Vnerved. near llio apex willi a violet or yellowi.sh-hrown slain, in llie lower half, 

 alonj^ the keel, wilh long hairs. The iij)por pale is narrow, membranous, wilh a hairy 

 margin, rounded at the apex, with a copper spot, so characteristic for the species. Cuhiis 

 cacspitose, Ihin, slender, hut erei l and straii^hl. Iioin 20 to iJO cm. high, completely glab- 

 rous. Leaves to 2 mm. broad, like the narrow sheallis slightly rough, or nearly smooth, 

 gradually finely i)oinli'd towards the sunnnit. Ligules short. (I,.") nnn. in length, tiuncatc, 

 or subobtuse. 



Fig. 75. Poo caecia Siuiii subspec. esitricns nov. suhspec. 

 a and b. Spikelets. — c. Glumes. — d. Floret. 



In point of external habitus this plant somewhat resembles Pod ncmoidlis var. 

 inonldiui. but is distinguished by having marked ligules and the panicle-branches long, 

 spreading, flexuous and very rough, the spikelets hardly one half as large, each one 

 with 1 or 2 flowers only, the pales of which are rather oliliciue-truncate, obtuse al the 

 apex, and the leaves more tapering to a point upwards. 



In point of its small and reduced spikelets it may also somewhat resemble Poa 

 nemonilis var. micranlha Harim. 



Our plant also seemed to bear a rather close resemblance to Poa Balfoiirii. but differs 

 distinctly from it by liavdng the culms solitary, much higher and more slender, and with 

 visible, uncovered nodes. The upper interuode of the culm is not so much prolonged. 

 The ligules are shorter, only about 0,.5 mm. long, obtuse. The leaves are very narrow, 

 nearly completely glabrous, from 5 to 7 cm. long. It differs from Poa Balfourii especial- 

 ly in the shape of the panicle and in the considerably greater floweriness. Thus, it 

 is not contracted, but distinctly sjiread out. wilh very fine, flexuous, and scabrous 



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