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glumes not awned, glabrous, leaves blue-green, panicle 

 violet; alpine pastures. K. splendens, Presl. (including 

 pubescens, Hausm.) ; similar, but empty glumes covered 

 with dense wool; Tirol, Carinthia. K. alpicola, G. and 

 G. ; empty glumes, awned, spikelets 2-flowered, ashy- 

 white; Piedmont, Dauphiny. 



29. MOLINIA, Schr. 



Spikelets in a contracted panicle, 2- or more-flowered, 

 conical, terete. 



M. ccerulea, Mcench. ; stem wiry, nearly leafless, spike- 

 lets dark violet ; moist, sub-alpine, common. M. serotina, 

 M. K. {Diplachne serotina, Lk.) ; stem leafy, spikelets 

 shortly awned ; slopes ; Valais, Vaud, Ticino. 



30. Catabrosa, Beauv. 



Spikelets in a diffuse panicle with whorled branches, 

 2- or more-flowered. Not alpine. 



C. aquatica, Beauv. ; panicle large, pyramidal, stem 

 6-12 in., bent below, leaves flat; in water. 



31, Melica, L. 



Spikelets 2- or more-flowered ; upper flowering glumes 

 empty, convolute, forming a club. 



M. nutans, L. ; spikelets drooping, with two fertile 

 flowers ; woods, common. M. uniflora, Retz. ; spikelets 

 very few, erect, on long stalks, with only one fertile 

 flower ; mountain woods, frequent. M. ciliata, L. ; 

 panicle dense, continuous ; rocky hills ; Southern Swit- 

 zerland, Jura, rare. M. glauca, Schultz {nebrodensis. 



