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Fig. 123. Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Pari. (Glyceria maritima M. & K.) 

 SEA SPEAR-GRASS.— a, A 3-flowered spikelet: b, a 7-flowered spikelet; c, a sin- 

 gle floret. Figs. 271 and 272 in Bui. 17 illustrate other species of Puccinellia. 



123. PUCCINELLIA Pari. Fl. Ital. 1 : 366. 1848. Atropis Rupr. Fl. Samojed. 

 61. 1845. Spikelets as in Panicularia, but with the flowering glumes usually 

 smaller, nerves less distinct or obscure, lodicules more hyaline and distinct. 



Species 14, in northern extratropical regions of both hemispheres, 

 chiefly confined to the seacoast or to the alkaline regions of the interior. 



