TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Festuca. 15 J 



C. B. th. 59-Park. 11<58. 6~H. ox. viii. 4. 13-Barr. 123. 2 

 -J. B. ii. 474. l~Scheuch. 2. 8. B. T>.-Mont. 24. 



Bunch congregated, pointing one way. Floral-leaves only on 

 the outside of the flowers, alternately winged, the rays ending in 



awns ; 1 floret in each. Husk 2-valved, 2-flowered, membrana- 

 ceous, very fine at the point. Bloss. 2 valves, with an awn upon 

 the outer point. Style cloven. Linn. 



The distinction of these 2 species maybe assisted by remark- 

 ing, that in the former the florets form a compact strap-shaped 

 spike, from 2 to 4 inches long, and from J to | inch broad, but 

 in this they form a spear-shaped bunch, whose breadth at the 

 base is equal to about half its length. 





Rough Dogs tall. Sandy soil in Jersey and near Sandwich. 



C. Floral-leaves entire : spike nearly egg-shaped. See creru'leus 



Sesleria ccerulea. 



FESTU'C A. Cal 2-valved : Spihets oblong, round- 



ish : Husks tapering to a point, or terminating 

 in an awn. 



(l) Panicles pointing one way: awns longer than the blossom. 



F. Spikets upright; smooth: calyx valves, 1 entire, the bromoi'des, 



other tapering to an awn-like point. 



Pluk. 33. lO-Scbeuch 6. 10, and 14. 



Differs from the F. myurus in its panicle being spike-like, 

 and the valves of the blossom not being fringed. Linn. Panicle 

 broader and shorter than in the F. myurus ; the spikets are also 

 larger and broader. Straw with 3 or 4 joints. Ray. Few plants 

 Vary more in size than this does : in very dry sand on the sea 

 shore it is sometimes only 2 inches high, as represented in the 

 %. ofPlukenet : in more fertile soil 10 inches or more. Straw , . 



2nd leaves smooth. Panieleloose, about 3 inches long. Spikets 

 from 5 to 10-flowered, but commonly 6. Calyx smaller valve 

 hardly half the length of the other. Bloss. valves smooth. Awn* 

 twice the length of the blossom, or more. 



Barren Fescue. On walls, and dry sandy places. [On the top 



of Brandon Hill, near Bristol. Mr. Swayni. — Dry pastures near 

 the Mass-house, Edgbaston.] A. May, June. 



F. Panicle spike-like, drooping: calyx smaller valve very' myu'rttt. 



minute : florets rough, awns very long. 



Dicks, h. s. -Leers 3. 5-Barr. <$. 1-//. ox. viii. J. 43-i 

 Scheuch. 6. VZ-Ger. em. 2£>. *2-Park. tl6S. 8. 



