3DG 
92. GRAMINEiE. 
1. lanceolate-linear with scabrous margins, ligule elongated, root 
tufted. — R. 15C2. Poa P.44 and 100. F. Calamaria Sm., E. B. 
1005. — Root scarcely creeping. St. 2 — 4 feet high, covered at 
the base with imbricated broad acute leafless sheaths. L. very 
long, broad, roughish on both sides, the uppermost 1. smaller than 
the others. Outer j)ale very acute, the midrib extending nearly 
to the apex or slightly be) ond it. Ovary jiilose at the top. — 
/if. decidua (Sm.) ; 1. narrower, fl. about 2. E. B. 22(>G. — Woods 
ill mountainous districts. P. VII. 
(). F. (jUjantea (Vill.) ; panicle drooping branched, spikclets of 
about 5 atoned Ji., outer pale 5-ribbed, the dorsal rib nearly smooth 
not extending to the ajiex but terminating in a scabrous awn twice 
as long as the pale, 1. linear-lanceolate. — E. B. 1820. Bucetum 
P. 47. — St. 3 — 4 feet high. L. very long, broad, roughish on 
both sides, except near the base on the under side. Ligule short, 
uneipial, aiiriclcd. Outer jiale roughish, membranous, often 
bifid at the apex, thus scarcely agreeing with the genus. Top of 
the ovary glabrous. Styles terminal. — jS. trijlora (Sm.); jiaiiicle 
smaller and more erect, spikelets scattered of about 3 flowers. 
FF B. 1918. — Moist woods and thickets. P. VII. 
7. F. arundinacea. (Schreb.); panicle diffuse jiatent, branches 
mostly in pairs each bearing 2 or more spikelets divaricated after 
flowering, spikelets very numerous of 5 — 6 fl., outer pale 5-rib- 
bed : dorsal rib terminating at or just below the apex and form- 
ing a short awn, 1. linear-lanceolate. — F. elatior Sm., E. B. 1593. 
P. 46 and 47. — It seems jirobable that this plant was improperly 
combined with the next in my 1 st edition. I am indebted to 
Mr. Watson for pointing out the character derived from the 
remarkablv divaricated branches of the fruit-j)anicle. — Banks. 
P. VI. VII. 
8. F. pratensis (finds.); panicle close, branches in pairs one 
bearing a single spikelet the other several never divaricated, 
spikelets of 5 — 10 fl., outer pale 5-ribbed: dorsal rib termina- 
ting at or just below the apex or forming a very short awn, 
1. linear-lanceolate. — E. B. 1592. P. 46. — Branches of the 
jianicle ascending, not ihvaricated after flowering ; one of each 
pair nearly always reduced to a single spikelet. In this and the 
preceding the outer pale is obtuse or acute according as the mid- 
rib is or is not attached up to the summit. — 18. loliacea ; spike- 
lets solitary alternate, lower ones stalked, ujiper sessile. This 
var. is distinguished from Glyceria fluitans, to which it bears 
much resemblance, by its very short ligule, 3-ribbed upper glume 
and 5-ribbed outer pale. F. loliacea Sm., E. B. 1821. P.45, 
113 and 114. — Wet meadows. P. VI. VII. 
