106 54-. Poa. 10. GRAMINEiE. PL end. ph. 



Roof fibrous; culm 12 in. high, erect, smooth, round; 

 leaves short, flat ; radical very slender, convolute ; upper- 

 most very short ; sheaths very long, smooth, angular ; pa- 

 nicles slender, spreading before flowering, and afterwards 

 contracted ; peduncles usually in pairs, rarely solitary or 

 ternate ; locustce glaucous, purple and white, large. 



?j3. vivipara. Viviparous, panicle large; sheaths roughish. 



Poa crispa, Thuil. Paris. 45. 



Poa prolifera, Schmidt in Mayer Phys, Sam, 1, 188. 



May, June. 



e. Locustce pidjescent ; glumes con?iecfed at the lase with 

 wool ; peduncles in pairs ; cuhn not bidhose. 



11. Poa laxa. Loose meado?v~grass. 

 Panicle subracemose ; apex drooping, flexuous ; pe~ 



duncles few-flowered ; locustce broad, ovate, pubescent, 2 or 

 3-flowered; spathelles free or connected; ligulalong, acute; 

 culm erect, compressed ; 7-00/ fibrous. 



Poa laxa, Willd. S. PL 1, 386. 

 Poa flexuosa, Smith Flor, Brit. 99. 

 Poa elegans, De Cand. Fl. Fr. 1615, 



Alpine mountains ; perennial ; July. 



Root tufted ; culm many, smooth, 6 in. high, slightly 

 glaucous ; leaves flat, slender, acute ; sheaths long, dilated 

 below, very smooth, coloured ; panicle contracted ; locustce 

 broad, oval, green, white, and violet ; glumes nearly as long 

 as the flowrets. 



(3, vivipara. Flowrets viviparous ; locustce 2-flowered. 



12. Poa compressa. Squeezed meadow-grass. 

 Panicle contracted, 1 -sided; peduncles many-flowered, 



ligula short, very obtuse ; locustce lanceolate, 3 to 9-flowered, 

 pubescent ; spathelles connected ; culm ascending, com- 

 pressed ; root creeping. 



Grainen pratcnse paiiiciilatum medium Touincforf, Rait Syn. 409,5. 

 Poa compressa, Lin. S. P. 101. 

 Poamuralis, Web. Werth. 114. 



Walls and dry pastures ; perennial ; July, August. 



Root jointed ; culm rooting, leafy, erect above, naked ; 

 leaves flat, short, rather glaucous; sheaths smooth, 2-edged; 

 ligida exserted; panicle oblong; peduncles sometimes semi- 

 verticillate, branchy, short; locustce green and purple. 



(3. erect a. Cuhn erect; panicle large, very branchy. 

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