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POA DISTANS. 



LINIOSUS. HOOKER AND ARNOTT. 



J. E. SMITH. PARK ELL. WILLDENOW. KNAPP. WITHERING. SCHRADER. 

 HOST. DEAKIN. LINDLEY. SINCLAIR. 



PLATE XXXIII. 



Sclerochloa distavs, BABINGTON. 



Gtyceria distans, SMITH. KOCH. HALFS. EEICHENBACH. 



Festuca distans, KUNTH. 



Poa retroflexa, CURTIS. 



Poa salina, POLLICH. 



Air a aquatica, var., HUDSON. 



The Reflexed Meadow-Grass. 



Poa Grass. Distans Distant. 



A PRETTY Grass, but worthless to the agriculturist. 



Rare in Scotland. In England found in Devonshire, Somer- 

 setshire, Sussex, Kent, Cambridge, Bedford, Worcestershire, 

 Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, York, Durham, and 

 Northumberland. In Wales in Denbigh and Flintshire; and 

 in Ireland near Dublin. 



Abroad, a native of France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, 

 Prussia, Norway, and Sweden. 



Stem upright, circular, polished, often decumbent at the base, 

 having four flat acute leaves, with smooth striated sheaths; upper 

 sheath longer than its leaf, having an obtuse ligule at the apex. 

 Joints three, smooth. Inflorescence compound-panicled. Panicle 

 upright. Branches rough and slender, arranged in twos, threes, 

 or fives, the basal ones rigid, and bent downwards. Spikelets 

 linear. Calyx consisting of two blunt, membranous, unequal 



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