CONTENTS 



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Introduction 3 



General discussion 3 



Ecological areas '. 3 



Agricultural grasses 6 



Introduced species 7 



Native species : 8 



Keys 9 



To the tribes 9 



To the genera 9 



Description of the genera and species 12 



Catalogue of specimens --- 125 



List of new species and new names ; .— 132 



ILLUSTRATIONS ' 



Plate XXXI. .-/. Hawaiian hut thatched with pili grass ; B. Eragrostis variabilis at Nuuanu 



Pali ; C. The central plain of Oahu at Schofield Barracks 230 



XXXII. .4. and B. Timber line of Mauna Kea, showing, A. Trisetum glomeratum ; 



B. Agrostis sandwicensis 230 



XXXIII. A. A field of Sudan grass ; B. Grazing land, central Molokai 230 



XXXIV. A. A plantation of Paspalum at Haiku ; B. Field of Uba cane 230 



XXXV. A. and B. Poa siphonoglossa 230 



Figure i. Bromus hordeaceus - 112 



2. Bromus racemosus 1 12 



3. Festuca bromoides 112 



4. Festuca hawaiiensis 1 14 



5. Poa compressa 1 14 



6. Poa annua 118 



7. Poa pratensis 120 



8. Poa mannii 120 



9. Poa siphonoglossa 122 



10. Poa sandvicensis 122 



11. Briza minor 124 



12. Eragrostis amabilis .'.-. 124 



13. Eragrostis cilianensis 126 



14. Eragrostis caroliniana 126 



15. Eragrostis atropioides 128 



16. Eragrostis mauiensis 128 



17. Eragrostis brownei 130 



18. Eragrostis deflexa - 132 



19. Eragrostis grandis 132 



20. Eragrostis monticola ...: 134 



21. Eragrostis leptophylla 134 



22. Eragrostis variabilis 136 



23. Dactylis glomerata 136 



24. Hordeum murinum '. 138 



25. Lolium temulentum 138 



26. Lolium multiflorum 138 



