124 
». 174 and p.301, FI. D. tab. 2946 [vidi spec. orig.|; ? P. bryophila Trin. 
I I 8 yO} 
Gram. Suppl. p.65; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. [IV p. 377. 
Czespitose, but not very densely. Culm somewhat arching with 
only two leaves in the lower part, more than the upper half of the 
culm naked, slender, smooth. Leaves smooth, slightly scabrous only 
at the margin. Panicle oblong, contracted, not spreading. Panicle- 
branches smooth, erect, two or three from the lower node. Spike- 
lets broad-ovate, 2—4-flowered. Pale obtuse with inconspicuous 
veins; dorsal vein and marginal veins hairy with silky hairs. 
Am.: Arctic Islands, Baffin Land at Ponds Bay and Port Kennedy 
72°, West Greenl. 60°—70° [rare] (!), East Greenl. 61° 10’ (!) and 65° 35’. 
As.: Bering Strait. 
Geogr. area: Northern North America, Iceland, Scotland, Northern 
Scandinavia, Central European Mountains, Corsica, Altai. 
195. P. abbreviata R. Br., Chloris Melvilliana p. 29. 
Hook. Fl. bor. Am. II p. 247; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 377; Macoun, 
Catalogue IV p. 222; Greely, Lady Frankl. Bay Exp. II p. 15; Lge. Consp. 
Fl. Groenl. p.172; Hartz, Nordést Gronl. p. 349; Dusén, Ost-Groénl. p. 60; 
Peary, Auxil. Exp. App. C. p.8; Nath., Spetsb. Karlv. p. 31; Feilden, Nov. 
Zemlya p. 24; Fl. D. tab. 2884. 
Densely ceespitose. Culms 5—15 em. high, straight. Leaves 
convolute, rigid. Lower pale densely hairy with short appressed 
hairs. For the rest as P. lawa Haenke. 
Very nearly allied to P. lawa but also approaching P. glauca 
M. Vahl. 
Am.: Kotzebue Sound, Melville Island and Igloolek, Hudson Strait, 
Grinnell Land to 81° 44’, West Greenl. (!) 70°—81° 35’, East Greenl. 70°— 
74° 40'(). Eur.: Spitsbergen (!), Franz Josef Archipelago (Fisher, in 
litt.), Novaya Zemlya at 73°—74°. 
Geogr. area: Labrador. 
196. P. glauca M. Vahl in FI. D. tab. 964 (1790). 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 172; Hartz, Nordést Groénl. p. 350; Dusén, 
Ost-Gronl. p. 60; Nath., Spetsb. Karly. p. 30; Kjellm., As. Beringss. p. 558, 
Vest-Eskim. Land p. 55; P. ceesia Sm. (1807); Hart, Brit. Pol. Exped. p. 142; 
Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 374; Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. p.127; P. Balfourii 
Parn., Taylor, Pl. coll. at Davis Str. and Baff. Bay p.86; ? P. attenuata 
Trin., Trautv. Fl. rip. Kolym. p. 569. 
Czespitose. Culm erect, straight, slightly scabrous, with a few 
leaves below; nodes covered; more than the upper half of the 
culm naked. Leaves flat or somewhat convolute, scabrous on the 
upper side; sheaths slightly scabrous; ligule short, but evident; upper 
leaf shorter than its sheath. Panicle short-lanceolate, contracted, 
