434 98. GEAMINBiE. 



tt Lower pan.-branches in fives or 2 or 3 together. Dorsal 

 and marginal veins of the lower pale hairy. 



7. P. nemwalis (L.) ; pan. rather drooping slender, spikelets 

 ovate-lanceolate of 3 or 4 webbed fl., lower pale with 5 veins but 

 only 3 hairy, upper sheath not hnger than its leaf, uppermost 

 knot at about the middle of the st. exposed, ligule extremely 

 short truncate.— E. B. 1265. P. 36.— Slightly creeping. St. 

 slender, 1—2 ft. high. Sheaths smooth. — a; st. slender weak, 

 pan. lax.— ^. angustifolia (Parn.) ; st. andpan. very slender, l.long 

 and narrow, uppermost knot near the pan., spikelets few 1—2- 

 flowered. — y. P. coarctata (Gaud.j ; St. rigid, pan. close, spike- 

 lets 3 — 5-flowered. — 8. glaucantha ? ; st. slender, pan. with many 

 long-stalked spikelets, plant glaucous. — Shady places, y. On 

 walls. S. Mountains. P. VI. Vn. E. S. I. 



8. P.Parnell'ii(B2Ai.); pan. suberect large rather close oblong, 

 spikelets ovate of 2 or 3 a.cvA%freefl., lower pale with 5 veins 

 but only 3 hairy, upper sheath usually longer than its leaf, upper 

 knot at about the middle of the st. exposed, ligule very short 

 truncate.— X B. S. 2916. P. 36. — St. ascending, 1 ft. or more 

 high, compressed ; knots 5 or 6, uppermost not above the middle 

 of the stem. Ligule 6 times as broad as long, but longer than 

 that of P. nemoralis, to which this plant is perhaps too nearly 

 allied. Occasionally the fl. are slightly webbed. — High Force 

 and other parts of Upper Teesdale. P. VII. E. 



9. P. Balfour'ii (Parn.) ; pan. erect rather spreading, spikelets 

 ovate of 3 or 4 webbed fl., lower pale with 5 veins but only 3 

 hairy, upper sheath about as long as its leaf, upper two-thirds of 

 the stem without knots, ligah prominent blunt. — P. 66. H. B. S. 

 2918. — Creeping. St. 3 — 15 in. high ; knots about 8, upper- 

 most within the lower third of the stem. Lower fl. as long as 

 the larger glume. Fl. Dan. 964? Combined with P. glaaca 

 by Syme. — j3. P. montarta (Parn.) ; spikelets few of 2 or 3 

 free fl., knots 4 or 5 rather above the middle of the stem. 

 P. dissitiflora (R. & S.) ?— Tops of mountains. P. VII. E. S. 



ttt Lower pan.-branches subverticiUate, quinate. Dorsal vein 

 of the lower pale hairy or glabrous ; marginal glabrous. 



10. P. trividlis (L.) ; pan. diffuse, spikelets ovate of 2 or 3 

 acute webbed fl., lower pale with 5 veins, dorsal vein hairy, 

 upper sheath much longer than its leaf, ligule acute long. — E. B. 

 1072. P. 35.— Boot tufted. St. 1—2 feet high. Sheaths 

 usually slightly rough. — /3. parvijlora (Parn.) ; spikelets small 

 1 — 2-flowered, plant slender. — Moist and shady places. P. VI. 



E. S. I. 



