FESTl'CK.E. 507 



Virginia and Tonnesseo to Maims Micliigan, and northwanl. 



A form ill nortlieni .Mi('liij,'an is uxorv robust; bladea 0-H nun. 

 wide, panii'h' 15-18 cm. Ion;,', rays in tlirces. 



A. P. nervata (Willd.) Kiintzc. Ifev. (ion. IM. 78;} (18l»I). /W 

 iwrrti/u Willd. Sp. IM. 1:38!* (1 :!•:). ^'. Muhanjii Knntlj, Uov. 

 Gram. 1:118, 34:$, /. 85 (182'.t)- (ihl<vria uvrcata Tiin. Mom. 

 Acad. St. PetorsU. (VI.) 1 : ;5G5 (1831). 



IVronnlal; culms usually rather slender, sometinus robust, 00- 

 120 cm. lii;;;li. Sbcatlia often scabrous, variable in lcn<,'tli ; li<^ulo 

 2 nun. loni;; blades 5-7 in number, variable. Hat, often scabrous 

 above, 15-;>()cm. long or more, 3-10 mm. wide. I'anicle exserted, 

 erect when y<)un<r. at lengtii dilTuse and pendulous, U)-".'0 cm. 

 lon<r, rays in twos and threes, the lonjjest two-thirds as Ion<f as tlio 

 panicle. Spikelets ovate-oldonjj:, 4-5 mm. lou<;, 4-7-llowered, often 

 ])ur[)le: racbilla 0.5 mm. louir, very brittb- and soon separating, a 

 joint 0.5 nnn. long; empty glumes variable, tirst l-nerved, I mm. 

 long, second 1-1.5 mm. long; llond glume 1.7-2 mm. long, seabrid, 

 strongly convex near tlu' obtuse apex, 7-norved; palea elliptitral, 

 often incurved, about as long as its glume, 



Vermont, Pn'/if/Ic: Massachusetts, /hdl; Pennsylvania, Scrili- 

 vrr for T'. S. I>e|tt. Agrieul. ()8!); Michigan, Coitfei/, />/•. Clarke 

 708, 2054, liiiiJ 14, \Vli('ch't\ Fanrvll, Wood; Minnesota, Arthur 

 W 103, li24!), ;54!>, Siiti(//>rr(/ 14, 507; Montana, Anderson t;6, Wil- 

 liams; Wasliington, Lake; Oregon, Howell. 



It thrives on wet land from the Atlantic to the Paciiic. In 

 some ]daces known as " fowl meadow-grass*'; a name more appro- 

 priate for I'oajhira (serofina). 



G. P. laxa Scribn. I?ull. Torr. Club, 37 (18!)4). 



A stout perennial, (50-120 cm. higli. Leaves scabrous through- 

 out, sheaths slightly compressed, mostly longer than the internodcs; 

 ligule 2 mm. long; blades 5-G in number. Hat, acuminate. l<»-4() 

 em. long, G-8 mm. wide. Panicle ex.serted, oval, 18-24 cm. long, 

 rays scabrous, mostly in twos and threes, the longest nearly two- 

 thirds as long as the panicle, flower-bearing on the outer half. 

 Spikelets green or tinged with purple, broadly oval, 3-5-flowered, 

 4-5 inin. long; empty glumes ovate, lirst 1.3 mm. long, second 1.5 



