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TRIANDRIA DIGYNIÁ. 
06. FESTUCA. Gen. pl. 119. 
1, F. spiculis alternis sessilibus erectis subqhitiquefloris; 
floribus subulatis glabriusculis, aristis longis scabris, 
foliis linearibus culmoque glabris. 
On the waters of the Missouti and Columbia rivers. 
June. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. 
2. F. panicula simplicissima secunda, spiculis subnovem- 
floris aristatis, foliis lineari-setaceis, ligula biaurita, 
culmo superne tetragono, basi ramosa. Willd. enum. 
113, Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 419. * 
F. bromoides, Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 66. 
F. octoflora. Walt. fl. car. 81. 
Common in sandy fields. ©. May—July. v.v. —— 
9. F. panicula coarctata simplici, spiculis subquadrifloris, 
floribus subulatis aristatis, culmo foliisque tenuissime 
setaceis, — Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 66. | 
F. quadriflora. Walt, fl. car. 81. 
In dry fields : Virginia and Carolina. ©. June. Jv. v. 
Appears to be different from F, Myurus of Linnaeus. 
4. F. panicula secunda diffusa; flosculis aristatis, culmo 
tereti, foliis caulinis planis, radice fibrosa. Smith fl. 
brit. 1. p. 115. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p 421. 
Icon. Host. gram. 2. t. 83. Engl. bot. 470. 
In dry pastures, frequent. 2/. July. v. v. 
5. F. panicula subdiffasa nutante ramosissima laxa, spiculis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis, flosculis cylindricis obsolete 
 Dervosis. Smith fl. amer. 1. p. 124. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 
P. 425, 
Icon. Host, gram. 2. t. 79. Engl. bot. 1593. 
In wet meadows: Pensylvania, New England, &c. 
introduced with grass seeds from Europe. f. July. 
v. v, 
M NZ panicula elongata, ramis appróximatis strictis, spiculis 
oblongis 8—i0-floris adpressis aristatis, Willd. enum. 
117. Mich. fi. amer. 1. p. 66. ; 
In dry meadows: Virginia and Carolina mountains, 
Illinois, &e. XY. July. v.v. 
ED panicula stricte contracta, ramis simplicibus sparsis, 
Spiculis tereti- atis subquinquefloris, floribus 
acuminatis diandris, foliis latis planis, caule erecte as- 
perrimo, Mich. fi. amer. 1.p.07. | — 
Icon, Mich. fl, amer. 1. t.10. 
; ; G2 
spicata. 
tenella. 
polystachya. 
diandra. - 
