410 
Graminea;. 
— Spikelets drooping, with 2 fertile fls. Ligule in the 
1-axil, scarcely visible.—Woods; everywhere. 6 
nutans L. 2460. 
644. Briza. Quake-grass. Ill, 65. 
1. Panicle with capillary branches. Spikelets cordate-oval, 
beautifully variegated with violet, rarely pale yellow.— 
Dry meadows; everywhere. 5, 6 . . media L. 2461. 
645. Eragrostis. Eragrostis. Ill, 67. 
1. Branches of the panicle very slender, the lower ones 
4—5 together. Spikelets small, narrow (3—5 mm long). 
— Sandy places; G\ T. W. V., Bale, Zurich, Sarnen. 7 
pilosa Beauv. 2462. 
— Branches of the panicle stronger, the lower 1—2 to¬ 
gether ......... 2 
2. Spikelets oblong-linear, large (8—12 mm long), rather 
dense. E. megastachya Link,—As the last; Y., rare. 7 
major Host. 2463. 
•— Spikelets lanceolate-linear, narrower and shorter, than 
in the last, more distant from one another. E. poeseoides 
Beauv.—As the last; Gr. T. W. Y. Bale, Soloth., Aargau, 
Lucerne, Rapperswyl, Schaffh., partly, like the 2 last, 
introduced. 7 . . . . minor Host. 2464. 
646. Sclerochloa. Sclerochloa. Ill, 41. 
1. Panicle dense, spiciform; spikelets very shortly ped- 
uncled, awnless, variegated with green and white. Poa 
dura Scop.—Road-sides; Lower Wall. 5 dura Beauv. 2465. 
647. Poa. Poa. Ill, 71. 
1. Stem thickened at the base like a bulb, or more or 
less swollen by the sheaths which surround it. (Branches 
of the panicle gen. 1—2 together) ... 2 
— Stem not thickened at the base .... 4 
2. Ligule of the lower leaf short, truncate, that of the upper 
1. oblong, acute. Spikelets often changed to leafy buds 
(v. vivipara). Ls fairly broad, linear. — Alp., subalp. and 
Jura. 6, 7 . . . . alpina L. 2466. 
— Ligules of all the ls oblong, acute ... 3 
3. Spikelets containing 4—6 fls, slightly swollen, gen. 
changed to leafy buds. Ls narrow linear. Panicle less 
spreading than in the last during the flowering period. 
Fls united at the base by abundant cottony hairs.— 
Pasturages, road-sides; fairly distrib. but not every¬ 
where. 5 . . . . . bulbosa L. 2467. 
— Spikelets containing 6 — 10 fls, compressed, the fls very 
crowded (recalling those of Eragrostis!), never vivi- 
