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god of the shepherds, of the pastures and the woods, because all 
its species are valuable fodder grasses). 
Poa was the Theophrastan and Greek name for any kind of 
grass, like the latin gramen, or for any herbaceous plant).! The 
name ought to be disregarded for the same reason as the words 
‘planta or herba are unfit as generic names! 
Poa Linn. Gen. 20. (1737). 
126. Paneion aridum (Vasey) Lunell. 
Poa‘arida Vasey, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1252707 (m80a)F 
York. 
127. Paneion Buckleyanum maius (Vasey) Lunell. 
Poa Buckleyana Nash. Bull. Torr. Club. 22: 465. (1895), var. 
maior (Vasey). 
Poa tenuifolia Buckley, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1862: 96. (1862). 
Not A Rich. (1851), var. mazor Vasey. 
Leeds. 
128. Paneion bulbosum (Linn.) var. viviparum (Koch.) 
Lunell. 
Poa bulbosa Linn. var. vivipara Koch. Fl. Syn. Germ. et 
Helvet. p. 802. (1837). 
Dickinson (Cl. Waldron). 
129. Paneion compressum (Linn.) Lunell. 
Poa compressa Linn. Sp. Pl. 69. (1753). 
Dunsteth. 
130. Paneion glaucum (Vahl.) Lunell. 
Poa glauca Vahl. Fl. Dan. pl. 964. (1790). 
Dunsieth. 
131. Paneion interius (Rydberg) Lunell. 
Poa interior Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club. 32: 604. (1905). 
Rolette Co.: Nansen. 
132. Paneion longiligulum (Scribn. et Williams) Lunell. 
Poa longiligula Scribn. et Williams, Circ. U. S. Dept. Agric. 
Div. Agrost. 9: 3. (1899). 
Pleasant Lake. 
133. Paneion nemorale (Linn.) Lunell. 
Poa nemoralis Linn. Sp. Pl. 69. (1753). 
Leeds, York, Pleasant Lake. Devil’s Lake, Dunsieth, Turtle 
Mountains. 
134. Paneion pratense (Linn.) Lunell. 
' Cfr. “‘gras’’ in the norvegian-american brogue of to-day. 
