GRAMINEZ. (GRASS FAMILY.) 565 
Spikelets in close clusters at the end of the short branches, 2- 4-flowered. 
Glumes and flowers lanceolate. 
34. FESTUCA, L. Frscur-Gnass. 
Grasses with flat or setaceous leaves, and panicled 3-many-flowered mostly 
awned spikelets. Rachis jointed as in Glyceria. Glumes unequal, mostly keeled. 
Pales nearly coriaceous ; the lower one naked, rounded on the back, 3— 5-nerved, 
acute or bristle-awned ; the upper commonly adhering at maturity to the enclosed 
grain. Stamens 1 -3. 
* Flowers awned : panicle contracted: annuals. 
1. F. Myurus, L. Culms erect, very slender, concealed in the sheaths of 
the bristle-like leaves; panicle elongated, linear, 1-sided, partly included in the 
sheath of the uppermost leaf, the scattered branches appressed; spikelets com- 
pressed, 6-flowered ; awn 3-4 times the length of the subulate sparsely hairy 
palea. Stamen 1.— Dry sandy soil, Florida to North Carolina. March and 
April. — Culms 6!- 12! high. Panicle pale, 4!—6/ long. 
2. F. tenella, Willd. Culms (2/—12! high) erect or ascending ; leaves 
narrowly linear or filiform; panicle long-peduncled, simple, spiked, or the 
branches slightly spreading, mostly purple; spikelets crowded, compressed, 
oblong, 8 - 12-flowered ; awn not longer than the amen M Ny 
sandy soil, Florida, we northward. Feb. - April. 
3. F. duriuscula, L. Culms erect, 1°-14° high ; leaves filiform ; ; panicle 
simple, 1-sided, mostly bending, spreading ; spikelets oblong, about 6-flowered ; 
awn shorter than the smooth lanceolate palea. — Around dwellings, Florida, and 
northward. Introduced. April - May. 
4. F. parviflora, Ell “Panicle equal, slender, appressed; spikelets 
terete, subulate, 5-flowered, awned; calyx (glumes) unawned." Ell. — Near 
Orangeburg, South Carolina. April. | ?— Culms 12'-18' high. Awn as 
long as the palea. (*) 
* * Flowers awnless : panicle spreading: perennials. 
5. F. elatior, L. Culms 1°-2° high; leaves linear, smooth; panicle long, 
narrow, erect, the erect branches bearing the loosely 5 — 10-flowered spikelets 
throughout; palea Peleus s. barely pones eo tes Quen. and 
northward. Introduced. » 
6. F. nutans, Willd. Culms 29- 4o high; aie b Biondi itii 
leaves, rough, or the latter hairy; panicle 1-sided, simple, erect or bending, the 
branches mostly by pairs, remote, bearing few ovate 5- 6-flowered spikelets near 
their summits, at length reflexed ; glumes rough on the back, acute ; lower palea 
ovate, barely pointed. — Rich woods and banks, Florida, and northward. Aug. 
.7. F. grandiflora, Lam. “Panicle simple, erect; spikelets very few, 
ral yi poses: flowers acute, distant." — Carolina, Frazer. (*) 
ric ides, Willd. Panicle contracted ; Spikelets Mens nim : 
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