FESTrcEJE. 48rt 



starhjin pohjmorpha Heiiuv. Agrost. 74 (ISl-?). Poa lirnn'ml 

 Kiimli, Kcv. (Jnim. 1: U'l (l.s-.".!). 



A vi'iy v!iriiil)U' j)lant in stature uiul iwiu'ct, usuuUy above IJOcin. 

 hi;:li. Lijriili' soinotimi's u itii ii few cilia; l)lii(li'S fliit or involutr. 

 glabrous, 8-15 cm. loii^'. l.r)-'2 cm. wide. I'aiiiclo somotinios sijii- 

 jtU' and tlen-o or spikclikc and inU'rrui>t«'d, lo 15 (Mil. long, soim- 

 tinii'.s 150 cm. lonj;, with sliort spreading rays bearing a few scattered 

 or clustered spikeiets. Spikelet-s sessile or very nearly so, Hat, ID 

 40-tlowered. (1.5-15 mm. Ion:,', racliilla very tardily articulate; 

 empty glumes 1-iierved, about 1.5 mm. long; floral glumo broadly 

 ovate, acute, 1.6 mm. Ion;:, nerve-; :5. prominent ami strictly par- 

 allel when the glume is spread; palea incurved, the keels usually mi- 

 nutely eiliate, about 1.5 mm. long. Stamens 3, or rarely ii. Ciraiu 

 ovoid, conipressed, 0.5 mm. long. reriiai>s only a \ariety. 



Florida, Cfarbcr : al>o I'fjund in Australia; widely spread in 

 India. 



K. E. Neo-Mexicana Vasey ined. (?) 



A ditVuse oi- cfi'i'i annual, branching near the base, GO-OO cm. 

 hiffh. Slii-atlis smooth, beardedatthe tliro:it; liiiide a eiliate ring; 

 blades ilat or invohite. scabrous, 1 •.'-'.'( »-;;(» cm. long, 2-4-0 mm. 

 wide. Panicle often iucludcil at the base, light lead-color, ovoiil to 

 linear, 15-'?5-:i5 em. Iimiv'. rays rigid, mostly single, naked for a 

 fifth part of the length, branches numerous. a[ipressed. Spiki'lets 

 pedicellate, tinged with red. slightly flattened, linear or linear- 

 laneeolate, 5-8-1 4-flowcivd, 5-0 mm. long; empty glumes thin, 1- 

 nei'ved, first 1-1.3 mm. long, second ovate-acute, 1.5 mm. long; 

 floral glume smooth, thin, oval, broadly ovate or deltoid-oval, obtuse 

 or abruptly acute when spread, the nerves all prominent, 1.5-1.7 

 mm. long; palea incurved, linear before spreatling, obtuse, eiliate 

 on the keels, 1.3-1.5 mm. long. Grain broadly oval, slightly 

 grooved, 0.7-1 mm. long. 



^[exico. Pan'!/ '^' P"^'»'f' ^=56, Priuylr 410, Pahnoyni, 3(57. 



18. E. Orcuttiana Vasey, C'ontrib. U. S. Xat. Herb. 1:269 

 (189;3). 



Apparently annual ; culms 00-90 cm. high, branching slightly 

 below, smooth. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, smooth; lig- 



