Order 156.— aRAMINE^. 799 



uated above, half as long as the stem ; panicle simple, long, raceme-like, appressed ; 

 spikdets linear, 9 to 12" long, 4 — 6-flowered; distant fls. very slender, acute, in- 

 ^tinotly veined. — % Inundated meadows, N. Eng., N. T. June. (Festuoa bre- 

 vifolia Muhl.) 



3 G. aquitica Smith. Gulm stout, leafy, 4 to 5f; Ivs. broad-linear, flat, thin; 

 pan. erect, diffuse, branches at length spreading, flexuous, 3 to 5 together, in 

 half whorls ; spikeleis linear-oblong, purple, 2 to 3" with 6 to 8 ovate-obtuse flow- 

 ers. — If Wet meadows, N. States and Can. A large and handsome grass, culti- 

 vated for hay in Eur. (Poa, L.) 



4 G. pallida Trin. Oulm weak decumbent, ascending 1 to 2Jf; Ivs. flat, linear, 

 10 to 16' long, glaucous beneath ; stip. elongated ; pan. loose, few-flowered,- 

 branches capillary, spreading; spikelets 3", oblong-linear, 5 to 9-flowered; lower 

 glume 3-veined; lower palea 5-veined, 5-toothed at the apex when old. — 71 

 Swamps, Can. to Va, and "West?. June, July. (Poa dentata Torr.) 



5 G. nervdta Trin. Culm smooth, 3 to 4f ; Ivs. lance-linear, striate, rough above, 

 about a foot long, on striate, roughish sheaths ; lig. lacerate ; pan. large, loose, dif- 

 fuse, equal, branches weak, pendulous in fruit, long and capillary, in 2s or 33 ; 

 spikelets ovate-oblong, containing about 5, obtuse, conspicuously 7-veined flowers. 

 — 2f A valuable grass in wet meadows, N. Eng. to 111. Jn. (Poa, Willd.) 



6 G. elongata .Trin. Culm round, erect, smooth, 3f ; Ivs. narrow-linear, smooth, 

 8 to 15' long; sheaths striate, smooth; lig. very short; pan. (8 to 10') elongated, 

 raceme-liJce, nodding, branches solitary or in 23, appressed ; spikelets ovate-obtuse, 

 tumid, containing about 3 obtuse, 5-veined flowers. — If Wet meadows, IST. Eng. 

 to PeniL and 111. JL (Poa, Torr.) 



7 G. obtiisa Trin. Culm smooth, firm, 2 to 3f; Ivs. dark green, linear, often 

 surpassing the culm, and with the sheaths smooth ; pan. dense, ovate, many-flow- 

 ered, 3 to 4', erect; spilcelets ovate, acute, tumid, thick, containing 5 to 1, smooth, 

 ovate, obtuse ^wers ; lower pale obscurely 7-veined. — 2f Swamps, N. Bug. to 

 Penn. Aug., Sept. (Poa, Muhl.) 



8 G. canadensis Torr. Culm round, smooth, erect, 3 to 4f ; Ivs. broad-linear, 

 rough, glaucous, on smooth sheaths ; lig. lacerate, ovate-obtuse ; pan. large, 6 to 

 8' long, branches flexuous, in half whorls, much spreading or pendulous in fruit; 

 spikelets short, ovate, tumid, 6 to 8-flowered; glumes much shorter than the 

 lower flower; upperpale very obtuse, lower about 7-veined; stam. 2. — 2f A large 

 grass, in shady grounds, N. States, Can. Jl., Aug. (Poa, Torr.) 



9 G. maritima Wahl. Culm somewhat geniculate, round, about a foot high; 

 Ivs. somewhat glaucous, rough-edged, involute ; pan. erect, dense, ira-hches in pairs, 

 scabrous ; spikelets terete, linear, purphsh, about 5-flowered ; fls. obtuse, indis- 

 tinctly 5-veined. — 2f Salt marshes, Mass. Jn. (Poa, Huds.) 



10 G. dfstans Wahl. Very smooth; culm firm and leafy, oblique, round, 

 branched at base, 1 — 2f ; Ivs. flat, lance-linear ; pan. spreading, branches fascicu- 

 late, in 3s to 5s, crowded, straight ; spilcelets oblong, somewhat racemed, sessile, 

 crowded, about 3-flowered; glumes minute, unequal. — If Salt marshes, N. T. 

 (Poa fasciculata Torr.) 



43. BRrZA, L. Quaking Geass. (Gr. jSptfo), to nod, as in sleep ; 

 alluding to the pendulous spikelets.) Spikelets cordate, 6 — 9-flowered ; 

 glumes 2, shorter than the lower flowers ; paleaa ventricous, lower one 

 cordate at base, embracing the upper which is suborbicular and much 

 shorter ; caryopsis beaked. — Paniculate spikelets large, drooping on 

 slender pedicels. 



1 B. media L. Culm naked above, 1 — 2f; Ivs. flat, smooth, lance-linear; stip. 

 short, obtuse; pan. erect, few-flowered, branches wide-spreading, capillary, pur- 

 plish, bearing the ovate cordate, tumid, pendant and tremulous spilcelets at the 

 ends, these are about 1-fiowered, greenish-purple ; paleae veinless. — If Meadows 

 and pastures, coastward, N. Eng. to Penn. May. § Eur. 



2 B. mdxima L. Pan. nodding at the summit; spikelets oblong, cordate, 

 13 to l7-flowered.— (J) Gardens, occasionally cultivated as ornamental, f Bur. 



