GRASS FAMILY 



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flowered ; flowering glume 5-nerved.- — Waste jjlace>:. everywhere. — 

 Fl. nearly all the year round. Annual. 



2. P. bulbosa (Bulbous I\Ieadow-grass). — A. low, tufted, glabrous 

 plant, 6 — lo in. high, remarkable for the l^uVos forrned by the 

 swollen base of the stems and leaf-sheaths ;Jeaves narrow, finely 

 serrate, with long, acute ligules ; panicle ovoid, scarcely spreading. 



PDA AN'KUA {A'::iU^l J/^'Oi^C'i'-^'yilS^'X 



not much niore than an inch long, with branches in pairs ; spikeleis 

 ovate, 3 — 4-flowered ; tlo'cering glume pointed, keeled, with minute, 

 silky hairs on keel and edges, and a few short, woolly ones on the 

 rachilla at its base. — Sandy shores, chiefly in the south-east ; rare. 

 — Fl. April, >Iav. Perennial. 



-. P.alpina (Alpine Meadow-grass). — A riearly aUied species, 

 tufted, often somewhat swollen at the base ; leaves short, rather 

 broad] rounded and mucronate at the tip ; panicle spreading, 2 



