FESTUCE.E. r)7a 



rooliitc. 3-nerve(l, 3.5 mm. long; floral gliuiio 5-5.5 mm. long, 5- 

 m-rvtMl [;{-nerved Vasey], ovute-lanceolate, sometimes ol»tu.si', sm- 

 berulous, not i)ubescent nor Avcbbwl at the bast-; tlio lateral nerves 

 only exteniling half or two-thirds the way to the ajwx, and two of 

 them obscure; palea curved, linear, 4.5 mm. long, 2-tootlied, tiea 

 broua on the keels. 



Allied to Poa la.ra and Pan arrfica. 



Oregon, Howell, T\ S. Depf. Agricul. G(!4, Suksdorf. 



Oregon and Washington. 



C. A. PUOCUMHENS (Curtis) Thurb. S. Wats. liot. Calif. 2:309 

 (18S0). Poa jmx'umhcm Gwvi. Fl. Lond. fase. G:ll (1817-'JS). 

 Sfhrorhloa procumhtnM Beau v. Agrost. 08 (1S1"2). (I'lt/rcria pro- 

 cumhens 1)1X111. Obs. Gram, lielg. 145(1823). Fe.shtca jtrocumbens 

 Kunth. Rev. Gram. 1: 129 (1829). 



A stout tufted glaucous decumbent annual, 15-25 cm. higli. 

 Sheaths smooth, loose, longer tlian the internodes; ligulc 3 mm. 

 long; blades of tlie culm 3-4 in num1)er, flat or becoming con- 

 duplicate, 2-5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, scarious above. Panicle 

 often included at the base, ratlier dense, ovate-lanceolate, 2-G cm. 

 long, rays stout, solitary or more often in twos or threes, erect 

 or spreading, the longest 1-2 cm. long, I)earing distichous spikelets. 

 Spikelets subsessilo, linear or lanceolate, 2-5-nowered, joint of ra- 

 chilla 1.3 mm. long; empty glumes ovate or oval, first 1 -nerved, 

 1-2 mm. long, second 3-5-norved, 2-3 mm. long; floral glume 3 

 mm. long, pubescent below, oval, obtuse, erose-toothed or mucro- 

 nate ; palea ciliate, as long as its glume. 



Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Scribncr 3473 a, from Dr. Brinton. 



Introduced from Europe witli ballast on the coast at various 

 places. 



7. A. MAUITIXA (Iluds.) Griseb. Fl. Ross. 4:380 (1853). Poa 

 maritima Iluds. Fl. Angl, Ed. 1, 35 (17G2). PurrincUia nurri/ima 

 Pari. Fl. Ital. 1:3G7 (1850). Sdfrorhha marifima lleichenb. Fl. 

 Exc. 3C (1830-2). Ghjceria maritima M. & K. Deutsch. Fl. 1 : 

 588 (1823). DiacJtroa maritima Nutt. ex Steud. Xom. Ed. 2. 1: 

 407 (1840). IIi/drocMoa marifima Ilartm. Gram. Skaud. 8 (1810), 

 and many more synonyms. 



