-POA. 423 



34. Moiin'ia SehranJc, 



1. M. ctsrulea (Moeuch) ; pan. erect long narrow, spikelets 

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

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

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

 from near the base of the stem. Panicle purplish, close. — 0. 

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

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

 high.— Wet heaths. jS. Alpine places. P.VH.VIII. E.S.I. 



35. Po'a Linn. Meadow-grass. 



* Root fibrous, annual. Base of stem sometimes prostrate and 

 rooting. Pan.-brancJtes solitary or in paiis. 



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

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

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

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

 flaccid, often wavy, broad. Spikelets subsecund with patent 

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



** Root fibrous, peremnial. 



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

 marginal veins of the lower pale hairy. 



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

 acute webbed ' fl., lower pale with 3 sUky veins, upper sheath 

 below the middle of the st. much longer than its leaf, ligule 

 prominent acute. — H. B. 1071. P. 89. — Root fibrous. Base of 

 the St. and ofiBets swollen, bulblike. L. with a naiTOW white 

 serrate edge. The st. soon wither, and the tubers lie loose 

 until the autumn. — Sandy seashore of the South and East. P. 

 IV. V. E. 



0. P. minor (Gaud.) ; pan. oblong subovate, spikelets of 3 or 

 4 webbed fi., loioer pale with 5 veins but only 3 hairy, upper 

 sheath longer than its leaf which is folded and slightly incurved 

 but tapering at the tip, uppermost knot covered, upper ligule 

 long acute, lower ones short rather blunt. — P. flexuosa Sm., 

 E. B. 1123, not of others. P. laxa Fr. ?— Root fibrous. St. 



' That is, connected together by fine cottony fibres growing from 

 the base of each fiower : when these are wanting, the n. is said to be 



free. 



