POA. 
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L. long, linear, attenuate, all from near the base of the stem. 
Panicle purplish, close. — li. M. depauperata (Lindl.) ; spikelets 
1-fl. few. P. 19. — 7. major ; pan-branches long, spikelets dis- 
tant of about 3 fi., St. 3 — 4 feet high. — [a form witli broader and 
blunter gl. and pales is M. cti rvlea var. obtusa (Hackel).] — Wet heaths. 
fi. Alpine places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
35. Po'a Zm/i. em. Beav,v. Meadow-grass. 
* Root Jibrous, annual. Base of stem sometimes prostrate and 
rooting. Pan.-hranches solitary or in jmirs. 
1. P. an'nua (L.) ; pan. spreading erect with a triangular 
outline, spikelets ovate-oblong of 5 or 6 free fl., lower pale with 
5 veins, upper sheath longer than its leaf, ligule oblong acute. 
— E. B. 1141. P. 40, 41. — St. ascending or prostrate. L. 
flaccid, often wavy, broad. Spikelets subsecund with patent 
or divaricate branches. — [/^. supina (WcUrad.) ; pan. lax. its br. Jertexed, 
spikelets larger and blunter, variegated with purple.] — Very COmmon. 
[/S. Mountains.] A. III.— IX. E. S. I. 
** Root Jiln'ous, perennial. 
t Lower pan.-branches solitary or in pairs. Dorsal and 
marginal veins of the lower pale hairy. 
2. P. bulbosa (L.) ; pan. close erect, spikelets ovate of 3 or 4 
acute webbed ' d., lower pale with 3 silky veins, upper sheath 
below the middle of the st. much longer than its leaf, ligule 
prominent acute. — E.B.\Q1\. 89. — Root fibrous. Base of 
the St. and offsets swollen, bulblike. L. with a narrow white 
serrate edge. The st. soon wither, and the tubers lie loose 
until the autumn. Sandy seashore of tht South and East. 
P. IV. V. E. 
3. P. minor (Gaud.) ^ ; pan. oblong subovate, spikelets of 3 or 
4 webbed Jl., lower pale ivith 5 veins but only 3 hairy, upper 
f sheaf longer than its ^ea/ which is folded and slightly incurved 
. but tapering at the tip, uppermost knot covered, upper ligule 
long acute, lower ones short rather blunt. — P. flexwosa Sm., 
1 That is, connected together by fine cottony fibres growing from the base of 
each flower: when these are wanting, the fl. is said to be/ref. 
- There is a note in the Author's MS. " Join laxa to alpina." Mr G. C. Druce 
in JoUTTi. Liwn. Soc. xxxvi. p. 421, refers !Sp. 3 to 1'. laxa (Haenke) and Sp. 4 to 
t. alpina, var. acutifoUa (Druce).— H. & J. G. 
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