— branches, most 
382 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
. P. an’nva, LZ... Culms o obliga; subcompressed ; leaves rather short ; 
panicle sabsecund 5 spikelets 3 iactaeires on short pedicels, rather 
owded. 
ack Poa. Dwarf, or Early Minin Gras 
Fr. Paturin annuel. Germ. Jaehriges Rispengras. 
ual. Culms cespitose, 3-6 or 8 inches long, a, iaerepend oblique at 
bases or vote ey. prosimben mt. Leaves 1-3 inches in length, s acute, keeled, 
ith ; loo ooth ; ¢ Ee oblong, dentate. Pan Seacunee ‘rather ’secund, 
the ieniches sy yi solitary, subdivided. Spi rather crowded on the divisions of the 
branches, 3 or 4-6- yor oft re be flowered vs ae unequal, acuminate, with scarious 
palea ore or less hairy on the nerves below 
oats grounds, pastures tio foot-paths, iG introduced. Native of Europe. Fi. 
ril-Sept.. Fr. June - 
ene This little eee was probably introduced from Ew urope 
-—comes forward early in the spring oe what little pasture it affords 
is eel acceptable to stock ; but it is far inferior in value and im- 
portance to either of the followin, pea 
** Root epok: antcle open, its branches in sina eee all dis- 
saithe sires vie slightly flattene 
2, P. serot’ina, Ehrhart. Culms erect terete; son linear ; ligules 
3: gy spikelets 2-— Ciera; flowers acutish, often tinged with 
MEPs. 
Late Poa. Fowl Meadow-Grass. False Red-top. 
Culm 2-3 feet high. Panicle 6-10 ee long. Palee slightly hairy at the base. 
Wet meadows: northward. July — 
Obs. This is considered a mo valuable grass for na herve and 
is common in News England and along the northern 8 to Lake 
Superior. 
#* * Root perennial ; Baca with the flattened Pee sb ig on the 
y short-pedicelled, sometimes 
3. P. TRIVIA ous ZL. Culm and sheaths somewhat scabrous 
ngated, acute; spikelets ovate, 2-— 3-flowered,—the florets alight 
villous at base. 
Trivia Poa. Rough Meadow-Grass. 
Root perennial. Culm 1-2 or 3 feet high, subterete or slightly ancipital, often declined 
at base, geniculate, and stolonterous somewhat scabrous retrorsely. Leaves 2 or 3-6 
or 8 inches long, lance-lin ear (those root, or suckers, long and narrow), acute or 
acuminate, slightly scabrous on the margin ; sheaths striate-nerved, scabrous rubbed. 
3; ligule h e! b "and whitish. i 2, indin: 
branches semi-yerticillate in a Spikelets 2. 
times 2 flowered. Gluwmes scabrous on the keel, the lower one rather shorter, ve 
acute, the upper one 3-nerved, with a scarious prt Palee unequal, nearly 
or ery Pap villous at base, a lower one longer, oes fb Caters at a ago 
Obs. nls sien (perhaps a Riciiginietls eames talaaablls 
and meadows,—and affords a good forage, both pasture and. 
