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97. GSAMnma:. 
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 vdth 5 veins but 
only 3 hairy, wp/)cr sheath not longer than its leaf, uppermost 
knot at about the middle of the st. exposed, liguk extremely 
short truncate.— E. B. 1265. P. 36.— Slightly creeping. St. 
slender, 1 — 2 ft. high. Sheaths smoooth. — a. ; st. slender weak, 
pan. lax. — fi. angmtifolia ; st. and pan. very slender, 1. long and 
naiTOW, uppermost knot near the pan., spikelets few 1 — 2- 
flowered. — y. P. coarctata (Hall.) ; st. rigid, pan. close, spikelets 
3 — 5-flowered. — 6. glauca ; st. slender, pan. with many long- 
stalked spikelets, plant glaucous. — Shady places, y. On walls. 
b. Mountains. P. VI. VU. E. S. L 
8. P. Parnell'ii (Bab.) ; pan. erect large rather close oblong, 
spikelets ovate of 2 or 3 acute free Jl., lower pale with 5 veins 
but only 3 hairy, tipper sheath usually longer thati its leaf, upper 
knot at about the middle of the st. exposed, Ugule very short 
truncate.— B. S. 2916. P. 93.— St. ascending, 1 ft. or more 
high, compressed ; knots 5 or 6, uppermost not above the middle 
of the stem. Ligule 6 times as broad as long, but longer than 
that of P. mmoralis, to which this is perhaps too nearly allied. 
Occasionally there is a slight trace of a web to the florets. — High 
Force and other parts of Upper Teesdale. P. VH. E. 
9. P. Baffour'ii (Pavn.) ; pan. erect rather spreading, spikelets 
ovate of 3 or 4 webbed fl., lower pale with 5 veins but only 3 
hairy, upper sheath about as long as its leaf, upper two-thirds of 
the stem vsdthout knots, ligule jrrmiinent blunt. — P. 6G. E. B. S. 
2918. — Creeping. St. S — 15 in. high ; knots about 3, upper- ■ 
most within the lower third of the stem. Lower fl. as long 
as the larger glume. I cannot join this to P. ?iemora/«.s without 
more proof of their identity than has yet appeared. — /3. P. «!o«- 
tana (Parn.) ; spikelets few of 2 or 3 free fi., knots 4 or 5 rather 
above the middle of the stein. Perhaps more allied to this spe- 
cies than to P. nemoralis. — Tops of mountains. P. VH. E. S. 
ttt Lower pan. -branches subverticillate. Dorsal vein of 
the lower pale haiiy ; marginal glabrous. 
10. P. trividlis (L.) ; pan. diffuse, spikelets ovate of 2 or 3 
acute webbed fl., lower pale with 5 vems, upper sheath much 
longer than its leaf, ligule acute long. — E. B. 1072. P. 35. — 
Root tufted. St. 1 — 2 feet high. Sheaths slightly rough. — 
^. parviflora (Pam.) ; spikelets small 1 — 2-flowered, plant slen- 
der. — Moist and shady places. P. VI. E. S. I. 
*** Creeping by long stoboles. 
11. P. praten'sis (L.) ; pan. diffuse, spikelets ovate of 3 or 4 
