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4. Fe subulata Trin. ——+> Culms erect, sonetires weak and decumbent 
at the base, as much as 120 cme tall; sheaths smooth or scaberulous; blades 
thin and lax, scabrous or nearly smooth, 10-25 cme long, 4=10 mm. wide; 
panicles loose and drooping, 10-30 cm. long, the branches 5-10 cm. long, 
distant, flexuous, naked below, spreading or, especially the lower, reflexed; 
glumes lanceolate, narrow, subulate-pointed, the first l-nerved, 2-3 mm. long, 
the second 1-5 nerved, 4-5 mn. long; lemmas scabrous, especially above, 6=7 
mie long, tapering into a slender,often flexuous, awn 7-10 mm. long. 
Borders of swamps, moist woods,and open places; frequent. 
5. Fe. rubra L. Red Fescue. —+sCulms erect fran a usually decumbent base, 
smooth, 50-80 cm. tall; sheaths smooth, often tinged with red or purple; blades 
smooth or seldom scaberulous, rather soft, flat or mostly folded,5-10 cm. 
long, longer on the innovations, very narrow or seldom as much as 2 mm. wide; 
panicles narrow, 5-20 cm. long, the branches stiffly ascending or spreading; 
spikelets usually tinged with purple; first glume lanceolate, l=-nerved, 3e4 mm. 
long, second glume lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved, 4-5 mm. long; 
lemmas smooth or scabrous toward the apex, pearing an awn 1-5 mm. long. 
Moist meadows and hillsides. 
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6. F. viridula Vasey. Mountain bunchgrasse Culms slender, erect from a 
tufted base, 40-70 cm. tall; sheaths smooth; blades crowded toward the base, 
filiform, smooth and lax, as much as 50 cm. long, especially those of the 
imnovations; panicles narrow, 5-10 cm. long, the asl ascending or spread- 
ing, sometines flexuous; glumes lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or 
obtuse, the first lenerved, 270 nme long, the second i. “3 nerved, about 4 mme 
long; lemmas smooth or scaberulous, the lower 7-8 mn. long, acuminate, mucronate 
or with a very short awn. 
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Cpen woods, meadows, and mountain slopes, usually at higher altitudes. 
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