1916] Fernald & Weatherby,— Puccinellia 13 
or less, becoming more or less involute: panicles 4-9 em. long: lemmas 
1.5-2 mm. long.— Glyceria distans, forma or var. tenuis Uechtritz in 
Crépin, Notes Pl. Rar. Belg. 229 (1865). Atropis distans, B. tenuis 
Rouy, Fl. France, xiv. 195 (1913).— Eurasia; naturalized in North 
America. NEw Brunswick: ballast-wharf, St. John, June 27, 
1904, Fernald. Massacnuserts: dry banks of Lynnway, West 
Lynn, June 18, 1913, F. 7. Hubbard, no. 565. Ontario: Galt, 
J. Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv. vars no. 26,228; marshes, Sandw ich, 
July 28, 1901, J. Macoun, Herb. Geol. Surv. C an. no. 26,219. AL- 
BERTA: Calgary, August 7, 1915, M. O. Malte. Ipano: roadsides, 
age August 18, 1911, June A. Clark, no. 250, Nelson & Macbride, 
. WasHineTon: in alkali soil, Yakima City, July 10, 1897, 
Hae. no. 2,590. 
6. P. coarctata, n. sp. Frias. 28-32. Caespitosa perennis 0.8-3 
dm. alta glaucescens; culmis glabris tenuibus; foliorum caulinorum 
laminis planis 1-2 mm. latis 0.2-1 dm. longis; paniculis i in anthesi coare- 
tatis 2-7 cm. longis deinde sublaxis ramis inferioribus 1-3 cm. 
laxe ona pedicellis paullo scabris; spiculis 35-5 1 mm. 
longis laxe 3-4-floris; glumis ovatis, inferiore 0.5-1 mm. longa 1- 
nervata, superiore lata 1.5-2 mm. longa 3-nervata supra hyalina cilio- 
lata; cot ad basim sparse pilosis 2-2.5 mm. hob a ovatis 
obtusi hyalinis ciliolatis obscure 4—5-nervatis; palea m. longa 
blinds lenasilaca ad apicem latum subtruncata eg biddatiatn: 
nervis S sparse ciliatis; antheris 0.5-0.8 mm. longis; caryopsibus 1.4— 
1.7 mm: longis. 
Caespitose perennial 0.8-3 dm. high, somewhat glaucous: culms 
glabrous, slender: cauline leaves with flat blades 1-2 mm. wide, 0.2- 
1 dm. long: panicles dense in anthesis, 2-7 em. long, finally somewhat 
x; "the lower branches 1-3 em. it loosely oreo pedicels 
slightly scabrous: spikelets 3.5-5 mm. long, ‘lo 
Ist glume 0.5-1 mm. long, 1-nerved, ‘ovals od. 152 mm. long, 3- 
nerved, bros ovate, hyaline and ciliolate above: lemma sparsely 
pilose at base, 2-2.5 mm. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, hyaline and 
ciliolate above, obscurely 4—5-nerved: palea 2 mm. long, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, subtruncate or bidentate at the broad Parad sparingly ciliate 
on the nerves: anthers 0.5-0.8 mm. long: grain 1.7 mm. long.— 
Coasts of Labrador, Newfouhiltand and eastern nee LABRADOR 
Seal Island, August 12, 1892, Waghorne, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 
13,161; waste places near salt water and rocks by sea, Battle Harbor, 
August 6-13, 1911, C. S. Williamson, no. 681 in herb. Phil. Acad. 
NEWFOUNDLAND: bracktah shore of Dildo Run, Notre Dame Bay, 
July 7, 1911, Fernald, Wiegand & Bartram, no. 4,655 (tyre in Gray 
Herb.); Barred Islands, Nites Dame Bay, August 12, 1 FG ‘ 
Sornborger: Funk Island, August 1, 1908, H. S. Fo rbes; crevices of 
damp sea-cliff, Torbay, August 21-26, 1901, Howe & Lang, no. 1 370; 
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