TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



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96. FESTUCA. Gen. pi. lig. 



1. F. spiculis alternis sessilibus erectis subquinquefloris, 



floribus subulatis glabriusculis, aristis longis scabris, 

 foliis linearibus culnioque glabris. 

 On llie waters of the Missouri 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. IFiUd. enuvi. 

 113. IVilld.sp. pi. \.p.4\g. 



F. bromoides. Mich.Jl. amer. 1 . p. 6(3. 



F. octoflora. JValt.Ji. car. 81. 



Common in sandy fields. ©. May — July. v. v. 



3. F. panicula coarctata simplici^ spiculis subquadrifloris, 



floribus subulatis aristatis, culmo foliisque tenuissime 



setaceis. — Midi. ft. amer. 1. p. QQ. 

 F. quadriflora. Walt.fi. cur. 81. 

 In dry fields : Virginia and Carolina. O. June. v. v. 



Appears to be different from F. Myurus of Linnaeus. 



4. F. panicula secunda difi^usa, flosculis aristatis, culmo 



tereti, foliis caulinis planis, radice fibrosa. Smith Ji. 



hit. \. p. 1 ] 5. fnild. sp. pi. \.p 421 . 

 Icon. Host. gram. 2. t. 83. Engl. Lot. 4/0. 

 In dry pastures, frequent. l/.July, v. v. 

 .■5. F. panicula subditfusa nutante ramosissima laxa, spiculis 



ovato-lanceolatis acutis, flosculis cylindricis obsolete 



nervosis. Smith fi. amer. I. p. 124. Jniid. sp. pi. 1. 



p. 425. 

 Icon. Host.gram.2.t.7g. Engl. lot. \5Q3. 

 In wet meadows : Pensylvania, New England, &-c. 



introduced witli grass seeds from Europe. % . July. 



V. V. 



Q, F. panicula elongata, ram's approximatis strictis, spiculis polystachya. 



oblongis 8 — lO-floris adpressis aristatis. JVilld. enum. 



117. Mich.Jl. amer. l.p.66. 

 In dry meadows : Virginia and Carolina mountains, 



Illinois, &c. l/.July. v. v. 

 7. F. panicula stricte contracta, ramis simplicibus sparsis, diandra, 



spiculis tereti-lanceolatis subquinquefloris, floribus 



acuminatisdiandris, foliis latis planis, caule erecto as- 



perrimo. Mich. fl. amer. l.p.Qj. 

 Icon. Mich.Jl. amer. i. t. 10. 



spicata. 



tenella. 



Myurus. 



duriuscula. 



elalior. 



