106 POA DISTANS. 



glumes, throe-ribbed; exterior glume half the length of inner 

 glume. Florets of two equal-sized palcse; exterior one of lowest 

 floret five-ribbed; base in some degree hirsute; inner palea with 

 two marginal ribs. Length from twelve to eighteen inches. 

 Root perennial and fibrous. 



Flowers at the beginning of July, and ripens its seeds in a 

 month. 



Known from Poa maritima by the rough rachis and branches; 

 from P. procumbens by the spreading branches of the panicle 

 and the ribs of the glumes not being prominent; from P. trivialis 

 by its smooth sheaths, blunt ligule, linear spikelets, and florets 

 not being webbed; from P. annua in the roughness of the inner 

 surface of the leaves and the branches of the panicle; and from 

 P.pratensis in the linear spikelets, obtuse glumes, and in the 

 florets not being webbed. 



Variety Obtusa found at Breeden, Leicestershire, by Mr. 

 Babington, where it was growing in large quantities in the 

 fields. The spikelets are larger, ligules shorter, and outer 

 palea broader and more obtuse. 



Variety Minor also gathered at Breeden, by Mr. Babington. 

 It is more dwarf, and the spikelets of fewer florets. 



The specimen for illustration was gathered in the Nottingham 

 Meadows. 



