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'-'», F. duriuscula : panicle secund, oblong, contracted ; 

 spikelets 5 — 6-flowered, nearly terete ; florets ter- 

 minated by short bristles ; root fibrous. 

 HAB. Fields and pastures. June. y.. Culm 12—18 

 in. high; leav. narrow; stam. 3. 



4. F. rubra: panicle secund, erect, spreading; spike- 



lets somewhat terete ; florets longer than the bris- 

 tle at their tips ; leaves, pubescent above ; root 

 creeping. 

 HAB. Dry soils. June. If.. Culm afoot and a half 

 high, erect, pubesc. ; leav. setaceous, very long; 

 glum, red after flowering . 



5. P. elatior : panicle spreading, much branched, loose ; 



spikelets ovate-lanceolate, 4 — 5-flowered ; florets 

 slightly armed ; leaves flat ; root creeping. 

 HAB. Wet meadows. June. If. Culm 3 — 4 ft. high, 

 terete, smooth; stip. very short ; pan. large, nodding 

 when old. 



.:. F. pratensis : panicle spreading, branched ; spikelets 

 linear, many-flowered, acute ; leaves linear ; root 

 fibrous. 

 I1AB. Meadows and fields. June — July. %. Culm 

 1 — 2 ft. high, erect, smooth ; pan. subsecund, nearly 

 simple; spic. 7 — 8-jfl. ;fl. not mucronate. 



T. F. nutans: panicle diffuse, at length nodding; 

 branches long, geminate, naked below ; spikelets 

 ovate, 3 — 5-flowered ; florets somewhat obtuse, 

 unarmed, nerveless. 

 HAB. Woods and shaded rocky places. June. If. 

 Culm oft. high, dark green ; stip. very short; pan. 

 few-Jl., scab. ; cor. coriaceous. 



■ . P. fascicularis : culm procumbent, geniculate ; pani- 

 cle subsecund ; branches straight, spike-like ; spike- 

 lets appressed, 8 — 10-flowered; florets armed; 

 leaves very long. 



\\'>. Meadows and sandy soils, near the sea. Aug. 0. 

 Culm much branch, from the base; leaves attcn. ; pan. 

 erect, spreading. 



i. F. clandestina: panicle partly concealed in the 

 sheaths ; branches solitary, simple ; 9 10- 



fiowered ; florets awned. 

 JIAB. New- York. ( ipan high: leav. Un. : 



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