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the few branches appressed; spikelets oblong, 2 mm. long-, glabrous; first glume one-fourth to 

 one-third as long as spikelet ; second glume and sterile lemma equal or the glume a little shorter, 

 7 to 9-nerved, the sterile palea about one-third as long as the lemma; fruit 2 mm. Ion? acute 

 (fig. 85). 



Open bogs on mountain summits. Originally described from the "swampy 



summit of Mt. Eeka, Maui." 



Kauai: Summit of W'aialeale, Rock; Hitchcock 15504, 15505. Kauluwehi bog- 

 near Kaholuamano, Hitchcock 155 18. 



Molokai: Kawela bog, Forbes 190. 



Mavii: Puu Kukui. West Maui, Hitchcock 14733. Without locality, Wilkes 

 Expl. Exped. 



Figure 84. — Panicum imbricatum. 

 From Forbes 879, Kauai. 



Figure 85. — Panicum isachnoides. 

 From Hitchcock 15518, Kauai. 



16. Panicum imbricatum Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Isl. 501. 1888. 



Plants perennial, forming tussocks 20 to 30 cm. or more in diameter, repeatedly branch- 

 ing, the old stems dying and new shoots forming at the periphery; culms indefinite in length, 

 the new shoots less than 10 cm. long, the leaves closely imbricate; sheaths glabrous or somewhat 

 hispid, striate; ligule less than i mm. long, ciliate; blades stiff and firm, spreading, i to 1.5 cm. 

 long, 2 to 4 mm. wide, scaberulous on the margin or sometimes ciliate near the base, flat or 

 becoming more or less involute ; panicle narrow, few-flowered, i to 2 cm. long, the few branches 

 appressed ; spikelets 2 mm. long or a little less, oblong-elliptic, glabrous ; first glume one-third as 

 long as spikelet; second glume and sterile lemma about equal or the glume a little shorter, 

 7-nerved, the palea half as long as the lemma; fruit a little less than 2 mm. long (fig. 84). 



Forming- tussocks in open bogs at the summit of mountains. Originally 

 described from the "swampy summit of Mt. Eeka, Maui."' 



Kauai: Near Kaholuamano, Forbes 401. Alakai bog, Forbes 879. Waialeale, 



Rock 5644; Forbes 402; Rock in 191 1. 

 Oahu: Koolauloa Mountains, between Punaluu and Kaipapau, northern part of 



island, Forbes in 1909. 

 Molokai: Kawela bog, Forbes 191; Rock; Hitchcock 15195; Forbes 15. 

 Maui: Puu Kukui, \\'cst Maui, Hitchcock 14732, 15505^; summit of Eeka, 



Forbes 390; Rock. 



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