FESTUCA 583 



yellowish green foliage, which afford a pleasing variation from the 

 bluish green leaves and dark purple panicles of Phragmites. 

 A viviparous form was noticed near Eynsham in 1892, 

 Panicularia aquatica is found in all the bordering counties. 



**P. BisTANS, Ktintze, Eev. Gen. PI. ii. 782 (1891). 



Poa distans, Linn. Mant. i. 32 (1767). Sclerochloa distans, Bab. Man. Brit. 



Bot. 370 (1843). Festuca distans, Kunth, Eev. Grara. i. 129, Glyceria distans, 



Wahl. Fl. Upsala, 36 (1820). 

 Top. Bot. 489. Syme, E. B. xi. 104, t. 1755. Nyman, 823. Fl. Oxf. 349. 

 Casual. Waste places. Bare. A. July-September. 

 First recorded in this Flora from the railway-side at Didcot. 



The record in the Well. Coll. List of 1874 is doubtless a misnomer. 



FESTUCA, Linn. Gen. n. 82. 

 P. rigida, Kunth, Rev. Gram. i. 129 (1833). Hard Meadow Grass. 



Poa rigida, Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. 265 (1759), and Herb. Sclerochloa 

 rigida, Beau v. Agrost. 97. Sderopoa rigida, Griseb. Spic. Fl. RumeL 

 ii. 431. Ghjceria rigida, Sm. Engl. Fl. i. 119 (1824). 



Top. Bot. 490. Syme, E. B. xi. 108, t. 1758. Nyman, 832. Fl. Oxf. 349. 

 Native. Glareal. Dry calcareous and sandy ground, wall-tops, rail- 

 way ballast ; preferring sunny spots. Local. A. May-July. 

 First record. Poa rigida, Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks^ 1809. 



1. Isis. Near Lechlade. Cumnor. Wytham. Appleton. 



2. Ock. Denchworth, Wait. Ferry Hinksey. Marcham. Botley. 



Radley. Cothill. Wantage. Wootton. South Hinksey- 

 Kingston Bagpuze. 



3. Pang. Moulsford. East Ilsley. 



4. Kennet. Reading Abbey. Aldermaston. Benham. Enborne. 



West Ilsley. 



5. Loddon. Early. Sandhurst. Maidenhead. 

 Festuca rigida is found in all the bordering counties. 



P. Myu.ros, Linn. Sp. PI. 74 (1753), and Herb. Capori's-tail Grass, Wall 

 Fescue Grass. 



F. Pseudomyurus, Soyer-Will. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. i. vii. (1826) 445. 

 Vulpia Myurus, Gmel. Fl. Bad. i. 8 (1805). Gramen viurm-uni spica 

 longissima, Ger. Em. 



Top. Bot. 495. Syme, E. B.xi. 141, t. 1781. Nyman, 820. Fl. Oxf. 343, 

 Native. Glareal. Wall-tops, drj'- sandy soil, usually near houses. 



Local and not common. A. June -August. 

 First certain record. Marcham. F. pseudo-myurus, the author in Bep. 



of Bot. Rec. Club, 1881. 



1. Isis. Longworth. Cumnor. Appleton. 



2. Ock. Mai'cham, 1. c. Wootton. South Hinksey. Abingdon. 



Sandford. Cothill. Kingston Bagpuze. Frilford. 



