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Poa pratensis L. Sp. PI. 67. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 204; Beal, 
2, p. 543; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 273; Bull. Agrost. 20, fig. 117; B. & B. 
Man., p. 139; Gray, 7th, p. 156. 
Common, especially in dry, open fields, but not so abundant in the 
less thickly settled parts of the county. 
Poa trivialis L. Sp. PI. 67. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 204; Beal, 
2, p. 541; Bull. Agrost. 17, fig. 539; B. & B. Man., p. 139; Gray, 7th, p. 
157. 
Whitefish bay. 
Glyceria R. Br. 
1. Spikelets 2-7 mm. long, ovate or oblong.2. 
Spikelets 1.5-2 cm. long, compressed, cylindric, subsessile or nearly 
so. G. septentrionalis. 
2. Panicle contracted, or narrow, 1.5-3 dm. long. G. Torreyana. 
Panicle open, lax; spikelets not over 2.5 mm. wide; lemmas strongly 
nerved .3. 
3. Second glume 1 mm. long....... G. nervata. 
Second glume 2-2.5 mm. long.4. 
4. Panicle ample, many flowered, 2 dm. or more long. G. grandis. 
Panicle narrow, few flowered, rarely 1.5 dm. long. G. pallida. 
Glyceria septentrionalis Hitchc. B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 213. ( Pani- 
cularia fluitans); Beal, 2, p. 569 (P. fluitans) ; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 285 
(P. fluitans ); B. & B. Man. p. 144 (P. fluitans)-. Gray, 7th, p. 159. 
Lindwurm and New Coeln. 
Glyceria Torreyana (S^reng.) Hitch. B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 212 ( Pani- 
cularia elongata ); Beal, 2 ] p. 565 (P. elongata) ; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 
282 (P. elongata ); B. & B. Man p. 143; Gray, 7th, p. 158. 
Occurs in Mitchell’s Woods. 
Glyceria nervata (Willd.) Trin. Sp. PI. 1, p. 389. (1797.) B. & 
B. Ill. Fl. p. 212 ( Panicularia ); Beal, 2, p. 567 ( Panicularia ); Bull. 
Agrost. 7, fig. 281 ( Panicularia ); B. & B. Man. p. 144 ( Panicularia ); 
Gray, 7th, p. 159. 
Common throughout the county along streams and in swampy land. 
Glyceria grandis Wats. Gray, Man. ed. 6, p. 667 (1890). B. & B. 
Ill. Fl. p. 212 ( Panicularia Americana) ; Beal, 2, p. 568 (P. Ameri¬ 
cana)-, Bull. Agrost. 7, figs. 280, 281 (P. Americana); B. & B. Man. p. 
144 (P. Americana); Gray, 7th, p. 159. 
Milwaukee River near the Humboldt Street bridge; Wauwatosa; 
swamp in Bay View, and swamp at head of ravine in Lake Park. 
Glyceria pallida (Torr.) Trin. Cat. N. Y. 91. (1819.) B. & B. Ill. 
Fl. p. 213 ( Panicularia ); Beal, 2, p. 566 ( Panicularia ); Bull. Agrost. 
7, fig. 283 ( Panicularia ); B. & B. Man. p. 144 {Panicularia); Gray, 
7th, p. 159. 
Collected at Whitefish Bay. 
Puccinellia Pari. 
Puccinellia airoides (Nutt.) Wats. & Coult. Gen. 1, p. 68. (1818.) 
B. & B. Ill. Fl. p. 215; B. & B. Man. p. 145; Gray, 7th, p. 160. 
We have collected at Wauwatosa specimens which evidently belong 
to this species. 
Festuca L. 
1. Annuals; stamens usually one; leaves 2 mm. wide or less. 
.. F. octoflora. 
Perennials, stamens 3; leaves 4 mm. wide or more, flat.2. 
2. Lemmas 5-7 mm. long; spikelets 5-10 flowered. F. elatior. 
Lemmas 4 mm. long or less; spikelets 3-6 flowered. F. nutans. 
