244 l>:i'.l'ni>:T Ol' NEW TKRvSKY STATE MUSEUM. 



Festuca octoflora Wiilt. Slender Fescue Grass. 



PI. XIV., Fig. I. 

 J'cstuca octoflora WalltT. 1""1. C:ir. Si, 1788 [vSotith Carolina].— Britlon 296.— 



Ki-llcr and Brown 53. 

 festuca tcnclla Knicslvcrn 30. 



]^rv sandy soil, casn.il in (ho nortliciii roiintics. frcf|iicnt 

 tlinni^hout our rcgfion. 



I'l. — Mid-May to niid-jnno. 



MhUllc District.— Dchmco (S), Mcdford (S). Micklcton. 

 Pine Barrens. — E. Plains (vS), Tabernacle (S), Cedar Brook, Landisvillc, 

 Pleasant Mills, Tuckahoe. 



Coast .V/ri/'.— Beach Haven (T.), N. Beach TIaven (L), Barnepat City (L). 



Festuca rubra T>. Red Fescue Grass. 



; 



I'cstuca rubra Iviiinxus, Sp. PI. 74. J 753 |]£uropc]. 



Sandy .q'ronnd alonq;- the coast marshes. 



'I'his is one of several plants of wide distrihntion wliirh occur 

 along the coast, and are often regarded as introductions from 

 Europe. Some of them grow under such conditions as to make 

 them appear certainly native, while in the case of others the 

 evidence is less convincing. It has heen thought hesl to include 

 them all. 



I'l. — T.ate May to mid-jnnc. 



Maritime. — Shcrhurn's (1<), vSurf Cily (T^), Spray Beacli (L), Peahala 

 (L), B(\u-h llaviti (T,), Banie}jjal City (I,), llolRatc's (L), Beach Haven 

 Terrace (L). 



Festuca nutans Si)rciig. Nodding Fescue Grass. 



f-estura ntilans Sprenpel, Fl. Hal. Mantissa 34. 1807 [Pennsylvania]. — Knies- 

 kcrn 39. — Willis 74. — BriUon 297. 



Ivocky woods of the northern counties and southward in the 

 Middle district. 



Fl. — Late May to early June. 



Middle District.— VvmWvinu (C), Mcdford (S), Micklolon, vSwedcsboro. 



BROMUS L. 



Key io iJw Spccirs. 



a. Plant tall, 2-5 feet hi,i;li (in woodlands), flowers pubescent, panicle 

 weak and droopinp. B. puritans, p. 245 



aa. Plants lower, rarely over two feet hi^h (waste ground plants). 



