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panicle-branches scabrous, about 3 from the lower node. Spikelets 
lanceolate, 2—5-flowered. Pale bluntly acuminate, hairy with silky 
hairs on the veins, and often with very short appressed hairs all 
over. Whole plant glaucous, spikelets generally dark-violet coloured. 
Am.: Port Clarence, Eschcholz Bay, Grinnell Land to 81° 44’, West 
Greenl. 60°—74° 18’ ()), East Greenl. 60°—74° 40’ (!). Eur.: Spitsbergen (!). 
As.: Mouths of the Yenissei (!) and Kolyma (?), Chukches Land. 
Geogr. area: Northern North America, Iceland, Ferdes, Scotland, 
Wales, Northern Scandinavia, Finland, Central European Mountains, Altai. 
197. P. nemoralis L. 
Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 376; Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 174; Hartz, 
Nordost Groénl. p. 350. 
Ceespitose. Culm erect, slender, slightly scabrous, leafy above 
the middle; nodes naked. Leaves flat, scabrous on the upper 
side; sheaths somewhat scabrous; ligule very short, inconspicuous ; 
upper leaf about as long as or longer than its sheath. Panicle 
narrow, contracted, panicle-branches 3—5 from the lower node, 
scabrous; spikelets lanceolate, 2—6-flowered. Pale acuminate, hairy 
on the veins. 
Am.: Kotzebue Sound, West Greenl. 60°—69° 20’ (!), East Greenl. 
65° 35’ (!), 70°—71° (!). 
Geogr. area: Northern North America, Iceland, Fzerées, Europe, Asia. 
Obs. Poa laxa, abbreviata, glauca and nemoralis form a natural group, and 
although the types are very distinct, they are combined with intermediate forms. 
198. P. stenantha Trin., Gramin. genera et spec. p. 376. 
Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 372. 
Ceespitose. Culm erect, slender, 30—60 cm. high. Leaves short, 
flat; ligule evident, acute; culm and leayes smooth. Panicle lan- 
ceolate with erect, scabrous or smooth branches, 1—3 from the lower 
node. Spikelets 2—5-flowered, narrow. Pale somewhat hairy, espe- 
cially in the lower part and on the back; nerves inconspicuous. 
As.: Senjawin Strait at Bering Strait. 
Geogr. area: Sitka, East Siberia, Kamchatka, Karagin Island, 
Unalashka. 
19. GLYCERIA R. Br. 
A. Glumes unequal, the lower half or two third as long as the upper, not reaching 
the middle of the opposite pale. 
a. With creeping shoots, lower glume two third as long as the upper; panicle- 
branches; 2—3)- from) the lower modeijyo ene se) ss eel G. maritima. 
b. Czespitose, lower glume generally half as long as the upper. 
1. Panicle large, many-flowered, panicle-branches 3—5 from the lower 
NOGE! ewes cae ts hae oer ck slat Gh Obs ey ei tee wawstralapenee ate G. distans. 
