POA PR OC UMBENS. 1 1 1 



POA PROCUMBENS. 



CURTIS. SMITH. HOOKER AND ARNOTT. PARNELL. 

 KNAPP. DEAKIN. 



PLATE XXXV. A. 



Sclerochloa procumbent, BEAUVOIS. LINDLEY. BABINGTON. 



Glyceria procumbcns, SMITH. RALFS. REICHENBACH. 



Poa rupestris, WITHERING. 



The Procumbent Sea Meadoiv- Grass. 

 Poa Grass. Procumbens Procumbent. 



A NOTHER sea-side Grass, growing on waste land, and more or 

 -\- less glaucous in appearance. 



Frequent in Durham, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Norfolk, 

 Sussex, Dorsetshire, and Devonshire. Rare in Ireland and Scotland. 



Also a native of France and Germany. 



Stem somewhat prostrate, circular, and polished, having three flat, 

 ribbed, sharp-pointed leaves, with smooth striated sheaths. Upper 

 sheath extending considerably beyond its leaf, situated near the panicle, 

 and having an oblong membranous ligule at its apex. Joints smooth, 

 and three in number. Inflorescence both simple and compound-panicled. 

 Panicle compact, lanceolate in shape, unilateral; rachis behind bare. 

 Branches rough. Spikelets linear, mostly of five florets; apex of basal 

 floret stretching some distance beyond the larger glume of the calyx. 

 Calyx consisting of two unequal-sized, blunt, membranous glumes, with 

 three bold ribs. Florets of two paleae; exterior one of basal floret 

 five-ribbed, slightly hirsute at the base, the centre rib stretching a 

 little beyond the apex of the palea; inner palea somewhat shorter, 

 and having two green marginal fringed ribs. Styles brief. Stigmas 

 branched. Length from three to fifteen inches. Root annual. 



Flowers about the middle of July, and ripens its seeds in a month. 



