10. GRAMINE^. 54. Poa. 
107 
PI. end. ph. 
f. Locustce pubescent . Glumelles connected with hairs ai 
the base; peduncles mostly semiverticillate . 
13. Poa trivialis . Wayside meadow-grass. 
Panicle pyramidical, diffuse; locustce ovate, 3 to4-flowered, 
black green ; glumelles pubescent at bottom ; leaves all flat, 
rough ; sheaths and culm rough ; ligula long, acute ; root 
fibrous. 
Gramen pratense paniculatum medium C. Bauhin, Rail Syn. 409,2. 
Poa trivialis, Lin. S. P. 99. 
Poa pratensis, Ruth Germ. 2, 1, 113. 
Poa scabra, Koel . Gram. 161 ; Chr. Gram. 8,72. 
Poadubia, Leers Herb. 28. 
Fields and pastures ; perennial ; May, October. 
Culm rooting at the base, decumbent, weak, 2 feet high ; 
leaves erect, flat, flaccid ; sheaths pale green ; panicle large, 
erect, very spreading; peduncles many-flowered; locustce 
small, rather obtuse. 
14. Poa setacea . Bristly meadow-grass. 
Panicle pyramidical, diffused ; locustce ovate, 2 or 3-flowered, 
dark green; glumelles pubescent at bottom; lower leaves 
involute, setaceous, rough ; culm and sheaths rough ; ligula 
long, acute; root fibrous. 
Poa setacea, Muds. FI. Angl. ed. 1 , 34. 
Poa trivialis ; var. Huds. ed. 2, 210. 
Dry sandy places ; perennial ; June, September. 
Culms decumbent at bottom, 18 inches high, round; 
leaves not broader than the sheath ; sheaths slightly com- 
pressed. 
15. Poa pratense. Field meadow-grass. 
Panicle pyramidical, very spreading; locustce ovate, 3 or 
4-flowered, variegated ; leaves all flat, smooth, the upper 
much shorter than the sheaths ; sheaths smooth ; ligula 
abbreviated, truncated ; root creeping. 
Gramen pratense paniculatum majus latiore folio, Rail Syn. 409, 3. 
Poa pratensis, Lin. S. P. 99. 
Poa pratensis vulgaris, Gaudin Agr. Hclv. 212. 
Meadows ; perennial ; May and June. 
Root creeping, shoot-bearing; culm erect, smooth, round, 
2 feet high; leaves obtuse, spreading; panicle becoming- 
divaricated ; locustce numerous, green and white. 
