412 97. GKAMINE^. 



.2. M. nutans (L.) ; pan. a nearly simple lax seeund racenie, 

 spikelets drooping with 2 perfect glabrous fl., gl. falling short 

 of pales, 1. flat, ligule short blunt.— ^. B. 1059.. P. 18.— Damp 

 shady woods in hilly districts. P. V. VI. E. S. 



34. Momn'ia Schrank. ^ 



1. M. carulea (Moench) ; pan. erect long narrow, spikelets 

 1 — 8-fl., lower pale 3- (rarely 6-) veined awnless, upper part of 

 the St. naked.— JS. B. 750. P. 20.— St. 1—2 feet high,: with only- 

 one knot placed near to its base. L. long, linear, attenuate, all 

 from near the base of the stem. Panicle purplish, close. — j3. M. 

 depauperata (Lindl.) ; spikelets 1-fl. few, outer pale oft^n 5- 

 veined. P. 19. — y. major ; pan.-branches long, spikelets distant 

 of about 3 fl., st. 3 — 4 feet high. — Wet heaths. ;3. Alpine places. 



P. vn. vm. E. s. I. 



35. Po'a Linn. Meadow-grass. 



* Hoot fibrous, annual. Base'of stem, sometimes prostrate.and 

 rooting. Pan.-hranches soKtary or in pairs. 



1. P. an'nua (L.) ; pan. spreading erect with a triangular out- 

 line, spikelets ovate-oblong of 6 or 6 free fl., loiver pale with 5 

 veins all more or less silky, uppei sheath longer than its leaf, 

 ligule oblong acute.— :!E, B. 1141. P. 40,41. — St. ascending or 

 prostrate. L. flaccid, often wavy, broad. Spikelets subsecund 

 with patent or divaricate branches. — fi. supina ; lower pale gla- 

 brous or with a very few hairs on the midrib, pan.-branches 

 erect-patent, 1. narrow. — Very common. A. III.— -IX. E. S. I. 



** Soot Jibrous, perennial. 



t Lower pan. -branches solitary or in pairs. Dorsal and mar- 

 giual veins of the lower pale hairy. 



2. P. lulbdsa (L.) ; pan. close erect, spikelets ovate of 3 or 4 

 acute webbed' fl., lower pale with 3 silky veins, upper sheath 

 below the middle of the st. much longer than its leaf, ligule 

 prominent acute. — E. B. 1071. P. 89. — Root flbrous. Base of 

 the st. and ofisets swollen bulblike. L. with a narrow white 

 serrate edge. The st. soon wither and the bulbs lie loose 

 until the autumn.— ^Sandy sea^shore of the South and East P 

 IV. V. K 



3. P. minor (Gaud.) ; pan. oblong subovate, spikelets of 3 or 

 4 wehhed fi., lower pah with 5 veins but only 3 hairy, upper 

 sheath longer than its leaf which is folded and slightly incurred 



1 That is, connected together by fine cottony fibres gro-win" from the 

 base of each flower : when these are wanting, the ft. is said to be free 



