386 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
PANICULARIA Fabr. Enum. PI. Hort. Helmst. 373. 1763. 
(Giyceria R. Br, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 1:179. 1810.) 
Sixteen species of Europe and Asia, mostly perennials; in temperate North 
America, 12. 
Panicularia nervata (Willd.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 783, 1891. 
FowL MEADOW GRAss. 
Poa nervata Willd. Sp. Pl. 1:389, 1798. 
P. striata Lam, Tabl. Encycl. 1:183. 1791. 
Glyceria nervata Trin, Mem, Acad. St. Petersh. 6, pt. 1: 365, 1831. 
Poa parviflora Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept.1:80, 1814. 
Ell. Sk.1:157. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 667, Chap. Fl. 561. Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb. 
2:547. Seribner, Grass. Tenn. 2: 112, t. 39, f. 150. 
Canadian zone, Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Quebee and 
west to Vancouver Island; New England to Minnesota and Nebraska, and south to 
western Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Central Prairie belt. In swales 
and wet woods. Cullman County. Blount County, Blount Springs. Lee County, 
Auburn (Baker §° Earle, 592), Montgomery County. Hale County, Gallion. May; 
not infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in America boreali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
FESTUCA L. Sp. P1.1:78. 1753. 
About 80 species, mostly of temperate regions. North America, 18 species. 
Festuca nutans Willd. Enum. 1:116. 1809. NODDING FESCUE GRASS, 
El. Sk. 1:172. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 669. Chap. FI. 565. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:548. Scribner, Grass. Tenn, 2:117, t. 42, f. 166. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New Brunswick, Ontario, and Pennsylvania 
to Nebraska; south from Missouri to Arkansas and Texas, and from Kentucky to 
South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Woods and shady copses. Winston County, Collins 
Creek, 1,300 feet. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 2,000 feet. Lee County, 
Auburn ( Baker §* Earle), 860 feet. Cullman County. Flowers May, June; not infre- 
quent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in America boreali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Festuca shortii Kunth; Wood, Classbook, 794. 1861. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 669, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2:548. Britt. & Brown, I. Fi. 
1: 218. 
Carolinian area. Pennsylvania to Kansas; from Kentucky to Tennessee and Mis- 
sissippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ 
Earle, 619). Only locality known in the State, July. Perennial. 
Type locality not given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Festuca octoflora Walt. Fl. Car. 81. 1788. SLENDER FESCUE GRASS. 
Festuca bromoides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:66, 1803. 
F. tenella Willd. Sp. P1.1:419. 1797. 
Ell. Sk. 1:168. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 669, Chap. Fl. 565, Wats. Bot. Calif. 2:317, 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2 :547. 
MEXICO, MONTEVIDEO, SOUTH AFRICA. 
Alleghenian (?) to Louisianian area. Ontario to Vancouver Island; California; 
throughout the Eastern United States to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry sandy soil. Flowers March and April; common, 
Annual, 
Type locality: South Carolina, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Festuca octoflora aristulata (Torr.) L. Hl. Dewey in Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:547. 1804. 
Festuca tenella aristulata Torr. Pacif. R. Rep. 4: 156. 1857. 
Taller and more slender; spikelets narrower, 4 to 6 flowered; awns fully as long 
as or longer than the flowers. 
Carolinian area. ‘Texas and Calitoriia. 
