PO A. 
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POA. Linn. 
Eragrostis. Megastachya. Beaov. 
Spiculje multiflorae. Glumas duse, carinatae , muticae.P aleae duae, muticae. 
Stigmata plumosa. Caryopsis libera. 
ij Palea superiore persistente. ( Eragrostides .) 
1. POA REPTANS. 
P. culmis ramosis, repentibus; foliis vaginisque glabris ; panicula simplici, ovata, patula; 
spiculis linearibus, compressis, multifloris; floribus dicecis ; paleis glabris, inferiore triner¬ 
via, superiore persistente. 
Poa reptans. Mich. Flor. Bor. Am. t. p. 6. t. xi. 
Megastaclxya repens. Beauv . agrostog. p. 7/jp 
Poa hypnoides. Lamarck. illustr. 1. p. 180. ( auct. herb. Juss .) 
Poa dioeca Peni enat. 
Crescit in humidis Provinciae Varinensis , prope San Fernando de Apure et la Vuelta 
dei Cochino rotto : item in regno Novogr anatens i prope Buga , in litore lacus Bugensis et 
ripa fluvii Sancti Petri , ait. 70 et /jyo hex. 0 Floret Aprili , Octobri. 
2 . POA PROSTRATA, t 
P. culmis ramosis, prostratis, repentibus; foliis distichis, externe vaginisque pilosis; spi¬ 
culis subsenis , alternis, oblongo-linearibus, multifloris; floribus dicecis; glumis paleisque 
glabriusculis, inferiore novemnervia, superiore longiore , adscendente , persistente. 
Crescit copiose in valle temperata , amoena Caripensi , ait. /po hex. fProv. Novce-Andalu- 
sioed) T£ Floret Septembri. 
Radix fibrosa. Culmi c®spitosi, prostrati, ramosi, repentes, squamis ovatis, acutis, glabris, albidis, 
imbricatis densissime tecti, ramis adscendentibus, tri-aut quadripollicaribus, foliosis, glabris. Folia 
linearia, plana, rigida , striata , glabra, externe pilosa, approximata , disticha, patula. Vaginas abbre¬ 
viat®, striatae, pilos®. Ligula : margo ciliatus. Spicula quatuor aut septem,pedicellat®, allern®, appro¬ 
ximat® , racemum oblongum, pollicarem formantes, oblongo-lineares , compress®, subsemipollicarcs , 
duodecim-aut quatuordecimflorae. Glumae lanceola tae, acui®, carinatae, glabriuscul®, dorso scabriuscul®, 
superior inferiore paullo longior, spicula quintuplo brevior. Paleas glabr®, flavescentes , inmquales, 
inferior subrotundo-ovata, acuta, carinata , novemnervia, superiore brevior, superior oblonga, obtusa, 
adscendens, bicarinata. Stamina tria. 
Plantam femineam non observavi. 
3. POA THALASSICA, t 
P. culmis ramosis, prostratis, repentibus; foliis planis, margine scabris, distichis; spica 
fasciculata, oblonga; spiculis linearibus, multifloris ; floribus dicecis; glumis paleisque gla¬ 
briusculis, inferiore novemnervia , superiore breviore, persistente. 
Crescit in littore Oceani Pacifici prope el Callao de Lima , Guamang et urbem Santa 
Peruvianorum. % Floret Octobri. 
Culmus ramosus, prostratus, repens, squamis oblongis, acuminatis, glaberrimis, flavidis, imbricatis 
tectus, ramis adscendentibus, foliosis, quadri- aut sexpollicaribus , glaberrimis. Folia linearia, acumi¬ 
nata, plana, striata, rigida, glabra, margine scabra, valde approximata, pectinato-disticha, patentia. 
Vagina; striat®, glabr®. Ligula : margo pilosiusculus. Spica terminalis, subfasciculata, densissima, 
oblonga, sesquipollicaris. Spicula breviter pedicellat®, lineares, compress®, multiflorae, subpollicares. 
Flores circiter 24, dioeci. Glumie oblong®, acut®, carinat®, flavescentes, glabrae, dorso scabriuscu- 
1®, superior inferiore paullo longior, spicula decies brevior. Palea; flavescentes, glabr®, inferior ovata, 
acuta, carinata, novemnervia, coriacea, superior bicarinata, acuta, carinis liispido-scabris. 
