H8 TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Pestucft. 



11. F.pratensis. Meadow Fescue-grass. 



Panicle nearly upright, branched, spreading, turned to one 

 side. Spikelets linear, compressed. Florets numerous, 

 cylindrical, obscurely ribbed. Nectary four-cleft. Root 

 fibrous. 



F. pratensis. Hudt. ed. I. 37. Fl. Br. 123. Engl. But. v. 23. 

 t. 1592. Curt. Lond.fasc. 6. t. 7. Mart. Rust. t. 84. Knapp 

 t. 73. Hook. Scot. 40. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 332. 



F. elatior. Linn. FL Suec. 32. Host Gram. v. 2. 57. t. 79. Schreb. 

 Gram. v. 1. 34. t.2. Leers 35. t. S.f. 6. Ehrh. Calam. 44. 



F. fluitans y. Huds. 47. 



Poan. 1451. Hull. Hist.v. 2. 2\9. 



Gramen paniculatum elatius, spicis longis muticis squamosis. Rait 

 Syn.4\\ ; but not Barrel. Ic. t. 25. 



G. loliaceum, panicula multiplici et spicatfi. Scheuchz. Agr. 200, 

 L4./.6. 



In rather moist pastures and meadows. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root fibrous, tufted. Stems several, erect, about 2 feet high, simple, 

 leafy, round, very smooth, bent at the lowest joint only. Leaves 

 linear, pointed, spreading, flat, striated ; rough at the edges, 

 sometimes on the upper side, especially the uppermost. Sheaths 

 striated, very smooth. Stipula very short and obtuse, often torn, 

 decurrent, clasping the stem. Panicle nearly erect, simply or 

 doubly branched, the branches inclining to one side, solitary or 

 in pairs, unequal, with compressed, rough stalks ; all closed to- 

 gether after flowering. Valves of the calyx rather acute, keeled, 

 smooth ; the larger ovate-lanceolate, with 3 or 5 ribs j smaller 

 single-ribbed. Spikelets linear, of 8 or 9 florets. Outer valve 

 of the corolla cylindrical, keeled, more or less purple, smooth, 

 except the keel, obscurely 5 -ribbed at the upper part, ending in 

 a membranous point, which, in the upper Jlorets chiefly, is often 

 cloven, and attended by a short awn; inner valve cloven, its 

 marginal ribs downy. Nectary with 4 divaricated points. Ger- 

 men obovate, with short distant styles, and thick feathery stigmas. 

 Seed lanceolate, channelled along the upper side, loose, acute. 



A hardy early grass, affording a plentiful crop. Curtis. 



12. F. elatior. Tall Fescue-grass. 



Panicle somewhat drooping, much branched, spreading 

 loosely every way. Spikelets ovate-lanceolate. Florets 

 numerous, cylindrical, somewhat awned, obscurely ribbed. 

 Nectary four-cleft. Root creeping. 



F. elatior. Linn. Sp. PI. 111. Ft. Br. 124. Engl. Bot. v. 23. 

 t. 1593. Curt. Lond.fasc. 6. I. 8. Hook. Scot. 40. Sincl. 255, 

 257. Schrad. Germ t v. 1.333. 



