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In sandy pastures, and waste places, chiefly near the sea, in E,urope and 

 western Asia, from the Mediterranean to the Arctic Circle, and in North 

 America. In Britain, in the maritime counties of England, Ireland, and 

 southern Scotland. Fl. summer. 



5. Procumbent Poa. Poa procuiubens, Curt. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 532. SderoMoa, Bab. Man.) 



A tufted annual, with decumbent stems, 6 or 8 inches long, or very sel- 

 dom attaining a foot. Leaves flat. Panicle branched, and one-sided as in 

 the two last species, but much more compact, seldom above 2 inches long. 

 Spikelets rather crowded, nearly sessile along the branches, about 4- 

 flowered. Glumes as in the sea P., but rather smaller, stifier, with the 

 nerves more conspicuous. 



In waste ground near the sea, on the western coasts of Europe, from the 

 Spanish Peninsula to Holland. Occurs on various parts of the coasts of 

 England and Ireland, but a doubtful native of Scotland. Fl. summer. 



6. Hard Poa. Poa rigida, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1371. SderocMoa, Bab. Man.) 



A tufted annual, usually about 6 inches high, with stiff stems, erect or 

 slightly decumbent at the base. Panicle lanceolate, one-sided, about 2 inches 

 long, rather crowded ; the branches slightly spreading. Spikelets on short, 

 stiiF pedicels, linear, about 3 lines long, each with about 6 or 8 flowers. 

 Flowering glumes scarcely a Une long, rather obtuse, with very faint lateral 

 nerves, the outer empty pair more pointed and more distinctly nerved. 



In waste, dry, or stony places, in central and southern Europe and west- 

 em Asia. Common in southern England and Ireland, but neither m Scot- 

 land nor the extreme north of England. Fl. summer, 



7. Darnel Poa. Poa loliacea, Huds. 

 (Triticum, Eng. Bot. t. 221. SderocMoa, Bab. Man.) 



A tufted annual like the last, but usually smaller and stifiPer ; the panicle 

 reduced to an almost simple spike, along which the spikelets are almost ses- 

 sile, in 2 rows, on alternate sides of the axis, but aU turning one way; the 

 lower ones often 2 or 3 together in a sessile cluster. Each spikelet is about 

 3 lines long, with 6 to 8 flowers. Glumes about a Une long, more or less 

 keeled, especially at the top, with faint lateral nerves and scarious edges, 

 obtuse or slightly pointed ; the outer empty pair nearly similar to the 

 flowering ones, but more strongly nerved. 



On sandy sea-shores, common on the Mediterranean and up the western 

 coasts of Europe to the English Channel. Scattered here and there along 

 the coasts of England and Ireland, and very local in Scotland. Fl. summer. 

 This species has been successively transferred by diflerent botanists from 

 Triticum, where it was originally placed by Smith, to Fahe-Brome and 

 Fescue, with all of which it has considerable afiinity, or it has been made 

 one of the small genera SderocMoa, Catapodium, or Scleropoa, more re- 

 cently established. 



8. Annual Poa. Poa annua, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1141.) 

 A tufted annual, usually about 6 inches high, with flat, flaccid, bright- 



