POACEAE _ 133 
1. F. octoflora Walt. Stem erect, 5-40 cm. tall: Pa BN ip aa 
em. long, often 21 a a raceme: spikelets 5-12 mm. long: lem s 4-5 m 
long, the awn 1-7 long. tenella 
Willd. F. parviflora | EIL] —Dry sterile soil, 
various Ld rr Fla. to Tex., Calif., B. C. 
and Que.—(Mez.) 
2. F. Myuros L. Stem erect or pur aie 
at base, 20-60 em. tall: panicle 7-20 e 
n 8 
long, narr spikelets 8—11 a 
glumes very unequal, the first 1-1.5 mm 
long.—Dry ds and. waste-places, various 
provinces, Ga. to La. and Mass. Na 
Eu.—(W. I., Mex.) 
3. F. sciurea cu Similar to F. Myuros: 
spikelets 4—5 mm. long: first glume 2 mm. 
long.—Sandy Bun Coastal Plain and 
adj. provinees, Fla. to Te x. Okla., and Va. 
4. F. rubra L. em solitary, pde a few stems together, 30—80 em. 
tall: leaves glabrous: panicles 5-20 e m. long, usually contracted, the branches 
lon h 
erect: spikelets 4-6-flow wered, 7-8 mm. long: le d —/ mm. long, the awn 
usually about half as long.—Bra ckish meadows along the coast, N. C. to Lab.; 
on n oe n also cult. and escaped, various MARE Ga. to Tenn. 
and Md.—(Eur sia.) 
4a. F. ovina L. and some of its allies are cuum o introduced with grass 
seed, but they do not appear to persist. ey resemble F. rubra but are erect 
and po tufted.—F. ovina L. (SHEEP’s j Pda has eapillary short firm 
lades, the awn of ore l F. c m. h 
t ma es or more long.— 
dene. flexuous capillary blades, the lemmas awnless or nearly so.—F. du 
cula L. (HARD FESCUE) has firm blades about 1 mm. wide. ` 
5. F. elatior L. Stem 50-120 em. tall: leaf- blades 4-8 mm. wide: panie 
10-20 em. long, the branches Spreading in HOWCE appressed in ' fruit, ee 
bearing nearly to base: spikelets 9-11 mm. long: lemmas acu e, a awnless, rarely 
short-awned.—Meadows and waste- -places, from Ala. to La. northwa rd n nearly 
throughout U. S. and S Can. Cult. as meadow grass. Nat. of Eu. 
6. F. obtusa Spreng. Stem solitary or few, 40-120 em. tall: panicle diffuse, 
dro coping, 10-20 em. long, ud E anches loosely spikelet -bearing near th 
spikelets 3-5-flowered, 5-7 long. [F. nutans Spren eng. ]|—Moist woods, 
various provinces, EN to Tex. "N. D., and N. S. 
7. F. Shortii Kunth. Resembles F. obtusa: panicle more compact, the 
shorter branches s spikelet- -bearing from about the middle, E e spikelets ieee 
—Wet prairies, various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Ia. and P 
94. SCLEROPOA Griseb. Low annual. Spikelets spiral- ian linear, 
somewhat compressed, the rachilla disarticulating above the glumes and be- 
tween the florets: glumes unequal, short, acutish, strongly Pun the first 
l-nerved, the second 3-nerved: lemmas convex, nearly terete, glabrous, obseurely 
