498 
98. gkaminej:. 
E. B. 1123, not of others.— Root fibrous. St. 6—8 in. high. 
Fl. rarely viviparous. — Lofty mountains. Loch-na-Gar. P. 
VII. VIII. S. 
4. P. lax'a (Haenke !) ' ; pan. lax slightly drooping, spikelets 
oblong-ovate of 3 free fl., lower pale ivith 3 hairy veins, upper 
sheath longer than its leaf which is flat and taper -pointed, 
uppermost knot covered, ligules all long acute. — P. 38. P. 
stricta Sy. E. B. 1763. The synonymy of this and Sp. 3 is very 
doubtful. — Root fibrous. St. 6 — 12 in. high. Fl. often vivi- 
parous. — Lofty mountains. Loch-na-Gar. P. VII^VIII. S. 
5. P. alpina (L.) ; pan. erect spreading when in flower, spike- 
lets ovate of 3 or 4 free fl., lower pale tvith 3 hairy veins, upper 
sheath longer than its leaf which is folded and rou7ided hehind 
the tip, uppermost knot exposed, ligule long pointed. — E. B. 
1003. P. 37 &. 94. P. stricta Lindb.— Root fibrous, tufted. 
St. 6 — 12 in. high, covered with decayed basal sheaths common 
to it and the tuft of leaves. Fl. often viviparous. — Lofty 
mountains. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
6. P. cjlauca (Vahl.) ; pan. erect slender, spikelets ovate of 2 
or 3 acute free fl., loiver pale with 5 veins but only 3 hairy, 
upper sheath about as long as its leaf which is folded and 
slightly incurved but tapering at the tip, uppermost knot neai to 
the base of the stem, ligule blunt. — E. B. 1720. — Root-stock 
rather creeping. St. 6 — 12 in. high. Lowest fl. longer than the 
large glume. — P. ca;sia Sm. E. B. 1719 is a very doubtful plant. 
— Mountains. Ben Lawers. Ben Nevis. Clova. Snowdon. 
P. VII. E. S. 
tt Lower pan.-branches in fives or 2 or 3 together. Dorsal 
and marginal veins of the lower pale hairy. 
7. P. nemordlis (L.) ; pan.,rather drooping slender, spikelets 
ovate-lanceolate of 3 or 4 webbed fl., lower pale with 6 veins but 
only 3 hairy, upper sheath not longer than its leaf, uppermost 
knot at about the middle of the st. exposed, lignle extremely 
short truncate. — E. B. 1265". P. 36. — Slightly creeping. — St. 
slender, 1 — 2 ft. high. Sheaths smooth. — a. : st. slender weak, 
pan. lax. — /S. angu^tifolia (Parn.) ; st. and pan. very slender, 
1. long and narrow, uppermost knot near the pan., spikelets few 
1— 2-flowered. — y. coarctata (Gaud.) ; st. rigid, pan. close, 
spikelets 3 — 5-flowered. — 5. glaxccanthal; st. slender, pan. with 
many long-stalked spikelets, plant glaucous. — [var. ditiar.cc.' 
(Sy.) has pan. erect ' distichously unilateral,' spikelets usually 2-flowered, upper- 
most sheath ag loug as or longer than its 1.] — Shady places, y. On 
walls. 5. Mountains. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
1 See note to sp. 3. 
