poA. 425 



knot at about the middle of the at. exposed, ligide very short 

 truncate.—^. 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 is perhaps too nearly allied. 

 Occasionally there is a slight trace of a web to the florets. — P. 

 nemoralis f. divaricata (Syme) I do not know, but suspect may 

 belong here. — High Force and other parts of Upper Teesdale. 



P. vn. E. 



9. P.Balfour'ii(Pa,-m.'); 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, ligide prominent blunt. — P. 66. -E. P. S. 

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

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

 the larger glume. Fl. Ban. 964 ? Combined with P. glauca 

 by Syme. — /3. P. montana (Pam.) ; spikelets few of 2 or 3 

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

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



E. S. 



ttt' Lower pan.-branches subverticUlate, quinate. Dorsal vein 

 of the lower pale hairy or glabrous ; marginal glabrous. 



10. P. trividlis (L.); pan. difiuse, 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.— Root tufted. St. 1—2 feet hi^h. Sheaths 

 usually slightly rough. — 13. parviflora CParn.) ; spikelets small 

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



E. S. L 



[*P. sudetica (Haenke) ; pan. difiuse, spikelets oval of 3 or 

 rarely 6 acute not webhedjl., Imver pale vnth 5 glabrous veins, 

 upper sheath very much longer than its leaf, ligule blunt very 

 short. — P. i. 90. — Rhizomatous, not creeping. St. 2-edged, 

 2 — 3 ft. high. Sheaths, edges, and midribs of 1. rough. L. 

 hooded and apiculate. — In deep shade in several places near 

 Kelso. P.] 



•** Creeping by long soboles. 



11. P. praten'sis (L.) ; pan. diflRise, spikelets ovate of 3 or 4 

 webbed fl., lower pale with 6 prominent veins but only 3 hairy, 

 upper sheath much longer than its leaf, ligule prominent blunt. 

 — E.B. 107S. P. 31 — 34.— Very variable in size. St. and sheaths 

 nearly always smooth. El. strongly webbed. — 0. mbctsrulea; 

 spikelets broader, 1. broad and short, upper 1. compressed rounded 



