126 TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Poa. 



ehoft. Shjles distant, very short. Stigmas veiy large and re- 

 peatedly compound, as in Gtijceriajluiians. 

 A good grass for fodder, abundant in proportion to the richness of 

 the soilj easily raised, but not durable. 



8. P. glauca. Glaucous Meadow-grass. 



Panicle spreading. Spikelets ovate. Florets from two to 

 five, obscurely five-ribbed, bl untish ; silky at the keel and 

 lateral ribs ; hairy at the base, without a web. Stipulas 

 of the lower leaves very short and blunt. 



P. glauca. ¥1. Dan. t. 964. With. 148. R. Br. 1388. Comp. 16. 



Engl. Bot. V. 24. t. 1 720. Hull 23. Wahlenb. Lapp. 41 . 

 P. csesia. Knapp t. 56. 



P.n. 1468. Hall. Hist. u. 2. 224, from its discoverer. Prof. Lachenal. 

 P. montana. Allion. Pedem. v. 2. 245. 

 P. nemoralis jS. Hook. Scot. S5. 

 Gramen paniculatum angustifolium montanum, panicula densii, 



locustis parvis muticis. Sclieuchz. Agr. 180. 

 /3. Wahlenb. Lajj]). 41. 

 Poa csesia. Fl. Br. 103. Comp. 16. Engl. Bot. v. 24. f. 1719. Hook. 



Scot. 34. 



On the mountains of Wales, Scotland, and the north of England. 



On Snovvdon. Mr. Griffith. Brought from Scotland, and culti- 

 vated in Chelsea garden. Mr. Fairbairn. Plentiful on the Scot- 

 tish alps. Hooker. On Ingleborough, Yorkshire. Dr. Windsor. 



)3. Received from Scotland, and long cultivated in Chelsea garden, 

 Mr. Fairbairn. On Ben Lawers, and other Highland moun- 

 tains. Mr. J. T. Mackaij. Brought from Ben Lawers by Mr. 

 D. Turner and Professor Hooker, to M'hom I am obliged for a 

 wild specimen. 



Perennial. June, July. 



The whole plant, in both varieties, is with us extremely and per- 

 manently glaucous ; in Lachenal's specimens less so, especially 

 the leaves. Root tufted, fibrous. Stems erect, 12 — 15 inche.s 

 high, leafy, furnished with from 2 to 4 joints : round, striated, 

 and almost perfectly smooth in the naked part above the leaves, 

 which is only occasionally angular and rough-edged near the 

 top. Leaves linear, bluntish, fiat, single-ribbed, roughish to the 

 touch, except at the back towards the base. Sheaths striated, 

 somewhat swelling, roughish, though sometimes in a very slight 

 degree ; the upper ones as long as their respective leaves, or 

 longer. Stipula mostly very short and blunt, not projecting out 

 of the sheath ; but at the uppermost leaf, in both varieties, it is 

 sometimes greatly elongated, lanceolate, acute, and externally 

 downy. Panicle upright, spreading ; the branches 2, 3, or more, 

 together, simple or variously compound, angular, rough with 

 minute bristly teeth, especially near the flowers. Spikelets ov'dte. 



