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P O A m a ritim a .
Creeping Sea Meadow-grafs.
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TR1ANDRIA Digynia.
G en. C h ar. Cal. of 2 valves, containing many
florets. Spkelet rounded at the bafe. Cor. of 2
ovate, pointed, beardlefs valves.
S pec. C har. Panicle branched, rather clofe. Spikelets
o f five bluntifh, cylindrical, flightly five-ribbed
florets. Root creeping.
Syn . Poa maritima. Hudf. 4 2 . Sm. Fl. Brit. 9 7 .
With. 1 4 7 . Hull. 22. Lightf. 9 8 . . Relh. 3 2 .
Dick f. H. Sicc. fafc. 1 1 . 2.
Gramen paniculatum maritimum vulgatifllmum.
Raii Syn. 4 0 9 .
G a t h e r e d b y M r . G r o u l t a t S o u th am p to n , S e p t em b
e r 1 5 la ft . I t is n o t u n fr e q u e n t in m a r fh y p la c e s o n th e fe a -
c o a ft , f lo w e r in g fr om J u ly to O c to b e r , and is p e ren n ia l.
T h e ro o t c r e e p s , b y w h i c h th is differs fr om P . diftans,
v. 1 4 . t. 9 8 6 , w h i c h is m o re o v e r le fs ftr iC tly a m a r it im e p la n t .
T h e ftem s a re v e r y fm o o th an d p o lith e d , d e c um b e n t a t th e ir
b a fe . W h o l e p la n t g la u c o u s , o fte n t in g ed in th e flo re ts and
p a n ic le w i th p u rp le . L e a v e s in v o lu te , p u n g e n t . S t ip u la m o f t ly
b lu n t . B r a n c h e s o f th e p a n ic le ro u g h , f t r a ig h t , fp re ad in g w h i l f t
in f lo w e r , th e n ereCt, ra r e ly d iv a r ic a ted . S p ik e le ts linear?
lo n g e r an d la rg e r th an in P . dijlans, o f a b o u t five flo re ts , w h ic h
a re a lm o f t im p e r c e p t ib ly fiv e - r ib b e d , b lu n t b u t n o t re tu fe , u n c
o n n e c te d b y a n y w e b .
I t is a h a rd fc a t te r ed g ra fs , n o t l ik e ly to a n fw e r a n y a g r i c
u ltu r a l pu rp o fe s .