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2. Panicle short, narrow, few-flowered; panicle-branches 2—3 from the 
lower node. 
* Culms 2 or 3 times larger than the leaves; pales with not much 
prominent veins, hairy at the base............. G. angustata. 
** Culms scarcely exceeding the leaves; pales with very prominent 
veins; glabrousivsscvsy se, cies cus tote ey wie eb ace eee et elaine thats G. tenella. 
B. Glumes nearly equal, exceeding the middle of the opposite pale G. Vahliana. 
199. G. Vahliana (Liebm.) Th. Fr., Ofv. Vet. Akad. Férh. 1869, p. 140. 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 171; Nath., 
Spetsb. Karly. p. 31; Kjellm. & Lundstr., 
Nov. Semlja p. 313; Feilden, Nov. Zemlya 
p. 24; Poa Vahliana Liebm. FI. D. tab. 2401; 
G. Kjellmani Lge. in Kjellm. & Lundstr, 1. c. 
p. 314; Kjellm., Sib. Nordk. Fanerogamfl. 
p. 273; Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 299; G. 
Kjellmani y. angustifolia Lge. in Rosenvy., 
Till. p. 732. 
Densely ceespitose, 5—15 cm. high. 
Leaves flat, narrow, acuminate, mucro- 
nate, glabrous, upper sheaths slightly 
vaginate; ligule evident, acuminate. 
Culms erect, 2—3 times as long as the 
leaves. Panicle short, 2—3 cm. long, 
dense, with 1 or 2 short branches from 
the lowest node. -anicle- branches 
smooth. Spikelets 2—4-flowered. Glumes 
nearly equal, lanceolate or spathulate, 
4 acute or blunt, often serrate at the top, 
Fig. 93. Glyceria Vahliana ‘Liebm.\ Th. Fr. exceeding the middle, of the opposite 
2/) nat. size. (Spec. trom West Greenland’. 


flower. Lower pale c. 3 mm. long, 
narrow, membranous and serrate at the top, acute or blunt, hairy 
on the veins at the base. Panicle tinged with violet or yellowish. 
Am.: West Greenl. 70° 12’—70° 47’ (!), East Greenl. at Cap Stewart 
70° 25'(!)). Eur.: Spitsbergen (!), Novaya Zemlya 72°—74°. As.: Dickson 
Harbour. 
200. G. maritima (Huds.) Wg. 
Lge. Consp. FI. Groenl. p. 168; Fl. D. tab. 2823; G. maritima vy. arenaria 
Fr., Lge. lc. p. 168; G. vilfoidea (Anders.) Th. Fr., Till. t. Spetsb. Fl. p. 139, 
tab. 4: Beeren Isl. Veg. p. 155; Lge. 1. c. p.170; Dusén, Ost-Grénl. p. 60; 
Hartz, Nordést Gronl. p. 349; Nath., Spetsb. Karly. p.31; Kjellm., As. 
Nordk. Fanerogamfl. p. 273, St. Lawrence-6n p. 21; Kjellm. & Lundstr., 
Noy. Semlja p. 313; Kurtz, Fl. d. Tschuktschenh. p. 481; Fl. D. tab. 2883; 
Catabrosa vilfoidea Anders.; Atropis vilfoidea, Cornell Party, Peary Voy. 
1896, p. 422; Glyceria reptans Lastad., Krok, Botan. Notiser, 1899, p. 137. 
