432 98. OEAMINEiB. 



midrib. Sometimes the 1. Ijecome convolute {E. albescens DC.P). 

 In dry places the 1. fall short of the st., in damper they are long 

 and often nearly equal it. — Dry pastures. A large form on Ben 

 Bulben, Co. Sligo. P. VI. Vll. E.S.I. 



33. Mbl'ica Linn. Melic. 



1. M. nniflSra (Eetz) ; pan. branched slightly drooping, 

 spikelets erect with 1 perfect glabrous fl., gl. equalling pales, 

 1. flat, li^ule short blunt with a slender acuminate lobe on one 

 side.— ^. B. 1058. P. 18.— Shady and rocky woods. P. V. 

 VI. E. S. I. 



2. M. niitans (L.) ; pan. a nearly simple lax secund raceme, 

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

 of pales, 1. flat, liguk short blunt— E. B. 1059. P. 18.— Danra 

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



34. Molin'ia Schrank. 



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

 1 — 3-fl., lower pale 3-veinea awnlees, upper part of the st. 

 naked.— JE. B. 750. P. 20.— St. 1—2 feet high, with only one 

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

 from near the base of the stem. Panicle purplish, close. — (3. 

 M. depauperata (Lindl.) ; spikelets 1-fl. few. P. 19. — y. major; 

 pan.-branohes long, spikelets distant of about 3 fl., st. 3 — 4 feet 

 high.— Wet heaths. /3. Alpine places. P. VO. VIH. E. 8. 1. 



35. Po'a Linn . Meadow-grass. 



* Rootfbrous, annual. Base of stem sometimes prostrate and 

 rooting. Pan.-branches solitary or in pairs. 



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

 outline, spikelets ovate-oblong of 5 or 6 free fl., lower pale with 

 6 veins, upper sheath longer than its leaf, ligule oblong acute. 

 — E. B. 1141. P. 40, 41. — St. ascending or prostrate, L. 

 flaccid, often wavy, broad. Spikelets subaecund with patent 

 or divaricate branches. — Very common. A. III. — IX. E. S. I. 



** Boot fibrous, perennial. 



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

 marginal veins of the lower pale hairy. 



2. P. bulb6sa (L.) ; pan. close erect, spikelets ovate of 3 or 4 



