400 
97. GEAMINE^. 
below, lower pale acute, 1. naiTOw rough at the edges ciliate. — 
Aira Sm., U. B. 648. P. 19. — Root crowned with the undivided 
sheaths of the old leaves. St. 6 — 18 in. high, downy particularly 
in the upper part. L., gl. and pales downy or glaorous. Gl. 
finely toothed on the keel. Lower pale finely toothed on the 
midrib. Sometimes the 1. become convolute. In dry places the 
1. are much shorter than the st., in damper places long and often 
nearly equalling the stem. — Dry pastures. A large form on Ben 
Bulben, Co. Sligo. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
33. Mel'ica Linn. Melic. 
1. 31. unifldra (Retz.) ; pan. branched slightly drooping, spike- 
lets erect with 1 perfect glabrous fl., gl. equalling pales, 1. flat, 
ligule short blunt with a slender acuminate lobe on one side. 
—E. B. 1058. P. 18.— Shady and rocky woods. P. VI. 
£. S. I. 
2. M. nutans (L.) ; pan. a nearly simple lax secund raceme, 
spikelets drooping with 2 perfect glabrous fl., gl. falling short 
of pales, 1. flat, ligule short blimt.— ^. B. 1059. P. 18.— Damp 
shady woods in hilly districts. P. V. VT. E. S. 
34. Molin'ia Schrmik. 
1. M. ccsrulea (Moench) ; pan. erect long naiTOW, spikelets 
1 — 3-fl., lower pale 3- (rarely 5-) veined awnless, upper part of 
the St. naked.— ^. B. 750. P. 20.— St. 1—2 feet high, with only 
one knot placed near to its base. L. long, linear, attenuate, all 
from near the base of the stem. Panicle purplish, close. — j3. M. 
depauperata (Lindl.) ; spikelets 1-fl. few, outer pale often 5- 
veined. P. 19. — y. w«yor; pan. -branches long, spikelets distant 
of about 3 fl., St. 3 — 4 feet high. — Wet heaths. /3. Alpine places. 
P. VII. vm. E. s. I. 
35. Po'a lAnn. Meadow-grass. 
* Root Jihrous, annual. Base of stem sometimes prostrate and 
rooting. Ban.-hratiches ' solitary or in pairs. 
1. P. an'nita (L.) ; pan. spreading erect with a triangular out- 
line, spikelets ovate-oolong of 5 or 0 free fl., lower pale with 5 
vnns all more or less silhj, 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. — /3. supina ; lower pale gla- 
brous or with a very few hairs on the midrib, pan. -branches 
erect-patent, 1. naiTow. — Very common. A. III. — -IX. E. S. I. 
