I^f' 



MciJioirs Bcniicc P. Bislio/^ Miiscitin 



A weed in moist i)laces along roads in the in(.)untains ; introduced. Origi- 

 nalh' descrilied from Europe. 



Oahu: Nuuanu Pali, Hitchcock 13751. Honolulu, Newell in 1917. 

 Hawaii; Kilauea Crater, Hitchcock 14(^105. .\lakalei Gorge, Rock 4189. 



2. Polypogon lutosus ( Toir. ) Ilitthc. I'. S. Dept. Agr. IJiill. 772:138. 1920. 



Jgrostis litforalis With. .\rr. Brit. PI. ed. 3. 2:129. 1796- ^^ot Agrostis liltorulis 

 Lam. 1 79 1. 



Polyf'ogoii littoralis Siiiitli, Comp. Fl. Brit. 13. 1800. 



Agrosfis hitosa Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Siippl. i :249. 1810. 



Plants perennial : culms geniculate at base, 30 to 70 cm. tall : sheaths scabrous ; ligule 

 2 to 4 mm. loni;-, or the uppermost longer: panicles oblong. 5 to 15 cm. long, more or k*ss 

 interrupted or lobed; glumes equal, scabrous on back and keel, 2 to 3 mm. long, acute, witli a 

 terminal awn as long as the body or longer: lemma as in P. monspcJicusis (fig'. 44). 



Moist rocks and hanks of streams; introduced. ()riginallv descrihcd from 

 Euroi)e. 



Oahu: Nuuanu I'ali, Hitchcock 13789. Honolulu. Heller 2210, 

 Maui; Haleakala, above Ukulele. Forbes 171. Lahaina, Hitchcock 14871. 

 Hawaii; Kanehaha, Kona. Forbes 261. 

 Without locality; Hillebrand. 



Figure 44. — Polypogon lutosus. From U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 Div. .\srost. Bull. 17, fig. 472. 



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