416 



SEAMINE^. 



37.' Scxebochlo'a Pal. de Beauv? 

 * Glumes with 3 veins. 

 ' ' • t Taiiicle unilateral. 



1. 8. marit'ima (Lindl.) ; pan. branched; lowermost branches 

 m pairs or simple, branches ultimately erect, spikelets linear ad- 

 pressed 4 — 8-floweredji rachis terete, hiver pale blvnt apiculate, 

 midrib reaching the tip, stoloniferous. — GlyceriaSm., JE.B. 1140, 

 P. 42. — Boot fibrous with ascending, prostrate, or rarely root- 

 ing leafy stoles. L.. involute ; the central ridge on their upper 

 surfece strbngly. marked, the^ others faint. Anih. about 6 tiiies 

 aa.long as broad. Lower pale with involute edges. Ligiile 

 bluntish. — ^.Mspida (Pam.) ; st. compressed, rachis furrowed 

 on one side and as well as the pan.-branches rough. . P. 90. — 

 Sea-coast, in damp places. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



2. S. Sor'reri (Bab.) ; pan. branched, branches ultimately 

 erect-patent lowermost generally in fours, spikelets linear 4 — 7- 

 fl., rachis terete, Imoer pale with a rigid apicuhis formed hy the 

 tip of the dorsal vein, csespitose. — G-lyceria E. B. S. 2797 (1837). 

 P. 98. G. conferta Fries (1839).— St. 6—12 in. . high. No 

 stolesl L. short, flat, with very long sheaths. Ligule short, 

 truncate. Edges of the loWer pale not involute. Spikelets and 

 fl. half the size of those of S. maritima and S. procumbens. 

 Pan.-branches short, scarcely elongated after flowering, hispid. 

 Muddy salt marshes. P.VL— VIH. ' E. L 



3. S. . procum'bens (Beauv.) ; pan. ovate-Iancfeolate compact 

 distichotis rigid, spikelets linear-lanceolate of about 4 fl., rachis 

 angular, lower pale blunt with an apiculus formed by the tip, of 

 the dorsal vein, root fibrous.^— G/^cen« Sm., B. B. 532. P. 42. — 

 St. procumbent (rarely when growing in water erect), rigid. L. 

 flat, vrith inflated sheaths. Pan. about 2 in. long, with very short 

 rigid branches' spreading in 2 rows. El. large. — Muddy sea- 

 shores. A. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



tt Panicle regular. 



4. S. dis'tans (Bab.) ; pan. branched, branches long ulti- 

 mately spreading or deflexed lowermost' in foui-s or fives, spike- 

 lets linear 3 — 6-flowered, rachis semiterete rather flat on one 

 side, Iwrer pale blunt, midrib not reaching to the tip, root Jibroiis. 

 —Glyceria Sni:, B. B. 986. P. 41.— Without rooting stoles. 

 St. decumbent below. L. flat, short, with 8 — 10 equally pro- 

 minent ridges upon theirupper surface. Ligule short and. trun- 

 cate. Edges of lower pale not involute. Spikelets and fl. half 

 the size of those of the preceding. — 0. obtusa (Pam.) ; pan. 



1 See Crepin, Notes Fl. Bely. v. 155— 2U. 



