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32. Poa paucispicula Scribn. and Merr. (Fig. 208.) Culms tufted, 

 leafy, rather lax, 10 to 30 cm tall, the base often decumbent; blades 

 1 to 2 mm wide ; panicle lax, few-flowered, 2 to 8 cm long, the branches 



Figure 201.— Poa tracyi. Panicle, X 1; floret, 

 X 10. (Type.) 



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Figure 202.— Poa sylvestris. Panicle, X 1; 

 floret, X 10. (Wheeler 6, Mich.) 



Figure 203.— Distribution of Poa 

 sylvestris. 



Figure 204.— Poa reflexa. Panicle, X 1; 

 floret, X 10. (Clokey 11330, Colo.) 



in pairs or solitary, naked below; spikelets ovate, purple, 4 to 6 mm 

 long, 2- to 5-flowered; glumes rather broad, acute, 3 to 4 mm long; 

 lemmas 3 to 4 mm long, oblong, obtuse, webbed at base (the web 

 sometimes scant) pubescent on the keel and marginal nerves below. 



