^0 TRIANDi— DIGYN. 



branched spreading nearly erect, spikelets oblong awnless 

 3 — 5-flowered, leaves linear-lanceolate. E. B. t. 1005. 



/S. minor. F. decidua, E. B. t, 2266. 



Hab. Woody valley at the foot of B. Lawers, 1793, Mr. J. T. Mac- 

 kay. Kenmuir bank, Glasg., Dr. Brown. Dumbartonshire ; Bread- 

 albanc, and near Fort Augustus, G. Don. 1 suspect not uncom- 

 mon in moist alpine woods and on banks. /3. Perthshire^ G. Don. 

 Fl. July. 7/ . 



Two to three feet high, with large and broad leaves. Cal. valves nar- 

 row, linear-lanceolate, very unequal, small one single-nerved, larger 

 one with three nerves. Florets rather distant upon the rachis. Ext. 

 valve of cor. scabrous, lanceolato-acuminate. 



7. F. loliacea {ipiked Fescue- grass), raceme spiked distichous 

 elongate, spikelets distant linear many-flowered, florets cy- 

 lindrical awnless. E. B. t. 1821. 



H-VB. Moist meadows and pastures occasionally about Glasg., Hopk. 

 Angus-shire, rare, G. Don. Marsh at the foot of Salisbury Craigs, 

 Dr. Yule. N. bank of LochLeven J Mr.Arnott. F/. June, July. % . 



Two feet high. Leaves few^ short, linear, acute. Bacemes 2 — 5 inches 

 long. Hachis flexuose. Spikelets nearly sessile, 5 — 6-flowered. 

 Cal. valves imequal, lanceolate,, acute. Outer valve of cor. ovate, 

 lanceolate, nerved, diaphanous at the apex, and obtuse (hence 

 hardly agreeing with the Gen. char.), scarcely scabrous, or only on 

 the nerves. Something the habit of Poa fiidtans , but more so 

 that of Lolium perenne or Rye-grass. Gaudin suggests that it may 

 be a var. of the following. 



8. F. pralensis {Meadow Fescue- grass), panicle patent branch- 

 ed, spikelets linear many-flowered, florets cylindrical awnless, 

 leaves linear, root fibrous. E. B. t. 1592. 



Hab. Moist meadows andpastu.es, common, Hopk. Fl. June, July. 1/ . 



One to two feet high. Distinguished at first sight from the last by 

 its panicle (not spiked raceme), also by thejiorets, which, though 

 much resembling the last, have their outer valve more acute. 



9. F. elatior {tall Fescue- grass), panicle patent very much 

 branched, spikelets ovato-lanceolate many- flowered, florets 

 cylindrical subaristate, leaves linear-lanceolate, root creeping. 

 Lightf. p. 102. E. B. t. 1593. 



Hab. Moist meadows and banks of rivers^ but not common. Dr. Par- 

 sons. Caroline Park, &c., Edinb., Mr. Arnott. Fl. June, July. l/. . 



Habit much like the last, but twice 6r thrice the size in every part. 

 Outer valve of the cor. always very acute or even acuminate, awn- 

 less, or with a short awn inserted just below the point. 



25. BROMUS. 

 * Aivn terminal. Raceme spiked, 

 I, Br. sylvatiais {slender Wood Br ome- grass), raceme spiked 

 slightly drooping, spikelets distichous linear erect remote, 

 awns straight longer than the florets, Lightf. p. 103 {Festuca 

 isi/lv.). E.B, t.729. 



