nno poACE.E. 



strict, dense, linear, spikelike or more or less interrupted, G-18 cm. 

 long, rays stout, nearly erect, in clusters of 3-5, densely flowered I'oi' 

 most of their Icnijth. Fis/iUafe spikelets linear-oblong, T-9 mm. 

 long, 3-o-flowered, longest joint of rachilla about 1 mm. long; 

 empty glumes smooth, subequal, ovate-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 

 ;]-nerved, lirst 5-0 mm., siroud T-S mm. long; floral glume tinged 

 with purple, carinate, puberulent, 5 mm. long, often i)ubescent 

 near the base, oval, acute, mucronate or obtuse-erose; 2)alea as long 

 as its glume, linear, puberulent, ciliate on the nerves. Lodicules 1 

 mm. long. Ovary obovoid-oblong, pubescent, 1-1.7 nnn. long, 

 stigmas terminal plumose, 2-2.5 mm. long. tSfatiiinafe spikelets 

 with glumes and palea each 1-2 mm. longer. Anthers 3.2 mm. 

 long. 



In my opinion this is a very good Poa and need not be placed 

 in a distinct genus, as some have j)roposed. Plants seen were from 

 the lower St. Lawrence and Alaska. 



Labrador, ,/. .1. Alien 24; Canada, Prhujlr; Alaska, Harrinij- 

 foii. Turner. 



Lower Canada to Alaska, along the coast in gravelly Iteaches. 



34. P. pseudopratensis Scribn. & Rydb. in herb. 



A smoo*h j)erennial, 20-30 cm. high with creeping rootstooks. 

 Culms terete. Sheaths longer than their internodes; ligules 2 mm. 

 long; blades flat, tapering toward the abruptly keeled apex, 10-18 

 cm. long, 2.5-3 mm. wide. Panicle ovoid or oval, rays smooth in 

 pairs, the longest about 4 cm. long; pedicels mostly 1.5 mm. or 

 more in length. iMnjity glumes 3-nerved, subequal, 5-5.5 mm. long, 

 3-nerveil ; floral glume 5.5-0 mm. long; })alea alxnit 5 mm. long. 



Alaska (Adakh Island), V(ii/a(/e of Ai//a/riiss July 1, 1893. 



35. P. flava L. Sp. PI. 68 (1753). Fowl Mi-adow-ohass. P. 

 t<erotinn Ehrh. lkMtr.6; 83 (1701), name only. /'. crocala Michx. 

 Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 08 (1803), fide Munro. P. jjalusfris IT. Mart. 

 Prod. Fl. :\rosq. 19(1812). /'. ncmoraUx Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 

 1:79 (1814). P. Injdrophiihi Thuill. Steud. Norn. Ed. 1, 630, 

 638(1821). P.trijlnra rjilib. Exercit. 531. P. elef/nns Hall. 1'. 

 Steud. Xom. Ed. T, 2:359(1841). P. anguKfifolia Peichb. FL 

 Germ. Excurs. 47 (1850). 



