400 97. GRAMINEJE. 



nearly equalling the stem. Dry pastures. A large form on Ben 

 Bulben, Co. Sligo. P. VI. VII. 



33. MELICA Linn. Melic. 



1. M.uniflora (Retz); pan. branched slightly drooping, spike- 

 lets erect with 1 perfect glabrous fl., 1. flat, ligule short obtuse 

 with a slender acuminate lobe on one side. E. B. 1058. P. 18. 

 Shady and rocky woods. P. VI. 



2. M. nutans(L.); pan. a nearly simple lax secund raceme, 

 spikelets drooping with 2 perfect glabrous fl., 1. flat, ligule short 

 obtuse. E. B. 1059. P. 18. Damp shady woods in hilly di- 

 stricts. P. V. VI. 



34. MOLINIA Schrank. 



1. M. carulea (Moench) ; pan. erect long narrow, spikelets 

 1 3-fl., lower pale 3- (rarely 5-) veined awnless, upper part of 

 the st. naked. E. B. 750. P. 20. St. 12 feet high, with only 

 one knot placed near to its base. L. long, linear, attenuate, all 

 from near the base of the stem. Panicle purplish, close. /3. M. 

 depauperata (Lindl.); spikelets 1-fl. few, outer pale often 5- 

 veined. P. 19. y. major ; pan. -branches long, spikelets distant 

 of about 3 fl., st. 31 feet high. Wet heaths. /3. Alpine places. 

 P. VII. VIII. 



35. POA Linn. Meadow-grass. 



* Hoot fibrous, annual j no stoles. Ease of stem sometimes pro- 

 strate and rooting. Pan.-branches solitary or in pairs. 



1. P. annua (L.) ; pan. spreading erect with a triangular out- 

 line, spikelets ovate-oblong of 5 or 6 free fl., lower pale with 5 

 veins all more or less silky, upper sheath longer than its leaf, 

 ligule oblong acute. E. B. 1141. P. 40, 41. St. ascending or 

 prostrate. L. flaccid, often wavy, broad. Spikelets subsecund 

 with patent or divaricate branches. /3. supina ; lower pale gla- 

 brous or with a very few hairs on the midrib, pan. -branches 

 erect-patent, 1. narrow. Very common. A. III. X. 



** Root fibrous, perennial ; no stoles. 



t Lower pan.-branches solitary or in pairs. Dorsal and mar- 

 ginal veins of the lower pale hairy. 



2. P. bulbosa (L.); pan. close erect, spikelets ovate of 3 or 4 

 acute webbed fl., lower pale with 3 silky veins, upper sheath 

 below the middle of the st. much longer than its leaf, ligule 

 prominent acute. E. E. 1071. P. 89. Root fibrous. Base of 



