066 POACE^. 



chugafn Torr. Fl. U.S. 1:112(18:24). GUjccria clmtijafa 'Vr'm^ 

 ]{ull. Sci. Aciul. St. I'otorsb. l:<;s (18:5(;). 



A slender iiereiiiii!'.!. ti(»-90 ciii. lii<,'li. Sbeallis closed, ubout 

 the leii;2;tli of the iiiteriiode.s; li<i;i'.Ie 1 mm. long; blades l-S in 

 niiniber, smooth or scjibrid, ihit, '^()-;{() em. long, '.\-\ mm. wide. 

 Panicle exserted, slender, recnrving, 3()-.']() cm. long, rays single or 

 in jtalrs, distant, approsscd, the longest 5-8 em. long, spikelike. 

 S})ikelets 4-5 mm. long, ;)-4-nowered, oval or oblong, rachilla brit- 

 tle, ii joint 0.7 mm. long; empty glumes ovjite-laneeolate, l-iierved.- 

 almost keeled, first 1.5-'-J mm. long, second 2-*2.5 mm. long; lloral 

 glume oval, sub-acute or obtuse, 7-nerved, 3.7-15.3 mm. long; palea 

 spatuhile-oblong, apex obtuse, entire, about the length of its glume. 



Xew ]?rnns\v!'-k, ,/. Vnioiii; Maine, Fmiiild 180; Vermont, 

 rri>njle, Jfosfon/, C. K. Faxon 10. 



Wet woods from Canada, Ne.v England to Minnesota. 



4. P. pallida (Torr.) Kuntze, Kev. (Jen. I'l. 7s;j (1801). 



Winihoria paUida Torr. Cat. PI. N. V. !tl (1810). a/i/nria 



l>aUi(/u Trin. Ibill. Sci. Acad. St. Peters)). 1 : (58 (18:5(1). Poa 



di'utafa Torr. Fl. V. S. 1 : 1(»7 (1S34); Torr. FI. N. Y. 3: /. 155 



(184:5). 



A pale slembn* aseeiuling perennial, 30-GO em. high, from a 

 cree]»ing base. Sheaths about the length of the internodes; ligule 

 ;}-5 mm. long; blades 4-<l. Hat, pale, usually smootii, shar])-pointed, 

 10-15 em. long, ;)-4 mm. wide. Panicle often included at the 

 base, open, linear or oval, 10-1:5 em. long, rays mostly in pairs, 

 sube(|ual, the longest 5-8 cm. long, llower-bearing for the upper 

 two-thirds. Spikelets 4-(5 mm. long, 5-0-tlowered, oblong-linear, 

 joint of rachilhi 0.7 mm. long; empty glumes ovate or oval, firs^, 

 1.5 mm. long, 1-3-3-iu'rved, second 3-4-nerved, 1.5-3 mm. long; 

 lloret scabrid, oblong, contracted or i)inched near the apex, lloral 

 glume 3.5-3 mm. long, oval when spread, 7-nerved, marginal 

 nerves obscure, ai)ex irregularly toothed: palea linear, scabrid on 

 the keels, as long as its glume or a little longer. 



Vermont. PringJe; Massachusetts, Coohy; Michigan, Fanoell^ 

 darkc 3054. Heal 114, WJicckr. 



Shallow water in margins of ponds. 



