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34. Poa Linn. 
* Flowers webbed at the base. 
L P- bulbosa (L.) ; panicle close erect, spikelets ovate of 3 or 
4 acute fl., outer palea with 3 silky nerves, upper sheath below 
the middle of the st. much longer than its leaf, uppermost joint 
concealed, ligule prominent acute. — E. B. 1071- R. 1G19. — 
Root fibrous. Base of the st. swollen and resembling a bulb. 
L. with a narrow white serrated margin. The st. soon wither 
and the bulbs lie loose upon the sand until the autumn, when 
they again fix themselves. — Sandy sea-shores of the south and 
east. P. IV. V. E. 
2. P. pratensis (L.) ; panicle diffuse, spikelets ovate of 3 or 4 
acute fl., outer palea with 5 prominent nerves the dorsal and mar- 
ginal ones hairy the intermediate glabrous, tipper sheath much 
longer than its leaf , ligule prominent obtuse. — E.B. 1073. R. 1648 
— 1652. Par. 31 — 34. — Root creeping. Very variable in size. 
St. and sheaths nearly always smooth. — f3. subcceridea; spikelets 
broader, I. broad and short, upper 1. compressed rounded at the 
end behind. E.B. 1004. — y. angustifolia ; spikelets small, 1. 
long slender lower ones involute. — Common. P.VI.VII. Smooth- 
stalked Meadow-grass. 
3. P. trivialis (L.) ; panicle diffuse, spikelets ovate of 2 or 3 
acute fl., outer palea with 5 nerves the dorsal hairy the others gla- 
brous, upper sheath much longer than its leaf, ligule acute long. 
— E. B. 1072. R. 1653—1655. Par. 35.— Root tufted. St. 
1 — 2 feet high. Sheaths slightly rough. — fi. parviflora (Par.) ; 
spikelets small 1- or 2- ft., plant slender. — Moist and shady situa- 
tions. P. VI. 
4. P. nemoralis (L.) ; panicle slightly drooping slender, spike- 
lets ovate-lanceolate of 3 or 4 acute fl., outer palea with 5 nerves 
the dorsal and lateral hairy, upper sheath not longer than its leaf, 
uppermost joint at about the middle of the st. exposed, ligule very 
short obtuse— E. B. 1265. R. 1638—1643. Par. 36.— Root 
slightly creeping. St. slender, 1 — 2 feet high. Sheaths smooth. 
— /3. angustifolia (Par.) ; st. and panicle very slender, L long and 
narrow. — y. glauca ; st. slender, panicle with long-stalked few- 
flowered spikelets, plant glaucous. — Shady places. P. VI. VII. 
Wood Meadow-grass. 
5. P. Balfourii (Par.) ; panicle erect slender, spikelets ovate 
of 3 blunt fl., outer palea with 5 nerves the dorsal and marginal 
ones hairy intermediate indistinct, upper sheath about as long as 
its leaf, upper two-thirds of the st. without joints, ligule prominent 
obtuse. — Par. 66. Ann. Nat. Hist. x. t. 5. — " Root creeping." 
St- 3 — 15 in. high, joints about 3, concealed by the sheaths, the 
uppermost within the lower third of the stem. Lower fl. as long 
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