418 (Flora der Melville's Insel.) 



fissae, cylindraceae. Panicula vix semiuncialis, ramis 

 alternis subbilloris strictis laevibus vix denticulatis. 

 L>ocustae oblongae , coloratae. Glurnae acutissimae : 

 valvulislongitudinesubaequalibuscarinatis glaberrimis : 

 inferiore manifeste angustiore paullulum breviore 

 uninervi ; superiore basi trinervi. Perianthia glu- 

 mas paullo superantia : valvula inferior ipsa basi la- 

 na implexa parca instructa , carina a basi ad duas 

 tertias partes longitudinis sericea , linea pariter sericea 

 CCLXXXVIII utrique margini approximata, a basi ad eandem 

 fere altitudinera attingente , interstitiis pubescentibus 

 subsericeis ; superior binervis nervis pectinatim den- 

 ticulatis , lateribus induplicatis latiusculis. Lodicu- 

 lae 2. Stamina 5 ; antheris stramineis. Ovarium im- 

 berbe. Stigmata 2, subsessilia, plumosa , hyalina. 



59. Poa ARCTICA, panicula effusa : ramis 

 paucifloris capillaribus laevibus locustisque coloratis 

 ovatis 3 - 4 - floris , glumis subaequalibus , perian- 

 thii valvula inferiore basi lanata carina lineaque sub- 

 marginali serieeis: interstitiis pubescentibus, foliis 

 linearibus : ligula subquadrata erosa. 



Poa laxa, Br. in Ross' voy. ed. 2. v. i. p. 192. 

 (539.) Hooker in Scoresbys Greenl. p. 4 10. non 

 Willdenovii. 



Descr. Gramen 5 - 8 - pollicare. Culmi erecti 

 V. adscendentes , basi quandoque divisi , graciles, 

 laeves, foliati. Folia radicalia angusto -linearia , 

 canaliculata , culmo aliquoties breviora \ culmea 

 paullo latiora, plana, marginibus laevibus, denticu- 



