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lanceolate, scabrous above, ciliate on the upper half, attenuate into an awn aUjut twice their 

 length. 



A weed in oi^en ground and grassland, nioslh' ;it njjper altitudes; introduced. 

 Originally described from California. 

 Oahu: Summit of ]\It. Tantalus, Hitchcock I38()8. I'alchua, Waianac Range, 



Forbes 1686. 

 Hawaii: Kukaiau Ranch, 3()00 feet, in pasture, Hitchcock 14JIO. Summit of 



Hualalai ^Mountains. Hitchcock 14530; Forbes 205. Hilo, along river near 



Rainbow Falls, Hitchcock 14197. 

 \\'ith(:)Ut locality; Hillebrand. 



_^, Festuca bromoides I.. Sp. PI. JS- ^75^- 



Similar to P. tncL^aliira in aspect; panicle dense. 3 to 10 cm. long; glumes unequal, the 

 first 4 mm. long, the second 6 to 7 mm. \o\vj;: lemma not ciliate. 7 to 8 mm. long, the awn 

 10 to 12 mm. long (fig. 3). 



A weed in pastures and waste places ; introduced. Originallv described 



from Furope. 



Kauai; Kunuiweia Ridge, west side W'aimea drainage basin, Forbes 990. 



Oahu; Along cliff, Xuuaiui Pali, Hitchcock 13747, 13779. Schotield Barracks, 

 Hitchcock 13939. Honolukt, Xewell in i^)ij. 



Lanai : [Mountains near Koele, Forbes 102. 



I\Iaui : Wet forest along Olinda pipe line, Hitchcock 14935. ^^^^ meadow, Hale- 

 akala crater, Hitchcock 14975. 



Hawaii; Summit of Hualalai ^lountains, P'orbes 211. In woods, Hualalai Moun- 

 tains, 5000 feet. Hitchcock 14511. Pasture, Kukaiau Ranch, 3600 feet, 

 Hitchcock 142 1 5. Pasture, Hunuiula Sheep Station, 6000 feet, Hitchcock 

 14435, 14436- Paauhau, Parker Ranch, Rock 3155, ^c>--- ?>4^^7- ^l^'inna 

 Kea, Moano Crater, 8000 feet. Rock 3298. 



4. PANICULARIA 1 leister. 



Spikelets few to many-flowered, subterete or slightly compressed, the rachilla disarticu- 

 lating aljove the glumes and between the florets ; glumes unequal, short, obtuse or acute, usually 

 scarious, mostly i-nerved: lemmas broad, convex on the back, firm, usually obtuse, awnless. 

 scarious at the apex, 5 to 9-nerved. the nerves parallel, commonly prominent. .Vquatic or marsh 

 grasses, for the most part tall with tlat blades, closed or partly closed sheaths, and open or con- 

 tracted panicles. 



I. Panicularia fluitans ( L. ) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2:782. 1891. 



I'cstiica tluitaiis L. Sp. PI. 75. 1753. 



Plants perennial : culms ascending from a decumbent rooting base, rather thick and succu- 

 lent, I to 1.5 meters tall; sheaths smooth: blades flat, 3 to 10 mm. wide, scabrous above; panicle 

 long and narrow. 20 to 30 cm. long; spikelets single and rather distantly arranged along the 

 upper part of the axis, 2 or 3 together on the lower short appressed branches, linear, 1.5 to 2 cm. 

 long, 2 to 3 mm. wide, short-pediceled, many-flowered; glumes very unequal, obtuse, the second 

 about 3 mm. long; lemmas broad, obtuse, 5 mm. lung, 7-nerved, scaberulous, scarious at the apex. 



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