1916] Fernald & Weatherby,— Puccinellia 9 
(1869). G. reptans Krok, Bot. Not. 140 (1899). G. maritima, var. 
reptans Simmons, Vasc. PI. Ellesmereland, 159 (1906). Atropis 
vilfoidea Rowlee & Wiegand, Bot. Gaz. xxiv. 422 (1897). — Arctic 
regions, south to Labrador, Keewatin, re the Bering Sea region. 
LaBrapvor: Nain, August 11, 1897, J. D. Sornborger, no. K&E- 
pe Henrietta Maria, Hudson Bay, August 18, 1904, W. 
bivcadiornunk, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 62,742. Ataska: abundant 
on saline mud flats, but no flowering plants found, St. i Island, 
July 31, 1897, J. M. Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. 16,223; 
originally described from Kotzebue Sound, and eeoently sgh 
(ace. to Scribner & Merrill, Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. xiii. 78) on the 
Seward Peninsula. 
The numerous flagelliform stolons are very characteristic of this 
northern species, but they should not be taken as an absolute diagnos- 
tic character since P. paupercula and its var. alaskana occasionally 
have stolons which in all characters appear inseparable from those of 
P. phryganodes. The identification of these plants by the stolons 
alone is not final and the difficulty of accurate determination is ren- 
dered greater since the stoloniferous colonies are so frequently desti- 
tute of inflorescences. 
* * Anther 0.5-1 (rarely 1.2) mm. long. 
+ Lemma thick and coriaceous; its mid-nerve often excurrent: lower 
branches 7 the panicle densely-flowered to below the middle: annuals or 
and erose at the slightly patos: apex, ciliate on the nerves: anther 
-5-0.8 mm. long: in 1.4 mm. long— Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. xxxv. 
197 (1908); Nash in Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. ed. 2, i. 268 (1913). 
. Borrert Hitche. Ruopora, x. 65 (1 ag ne in Britton & Brown, 
l. c. (1913). Poa fasciculata Torr. Fl. N U. §. i. 107 (1824); 
—o Man. ed. D 333 (1829); Beck, Rot. sah and Mid. States, 
409 Clase-book, 447 (1845). P. ddlowerics Link, 
reg Bera i. Long (1827 ). P. Borreri Hook. & Arn. Froclh 8, 
