584 GRAMINACEAE 



3. Pang. Streatley. 



4. Kennet. Neai* Newbury. 



5. Loddon. Sonning, Tvfnail. Very fine at Sunninghill. Swallow- 



field, growing with the next species. Koadside near Bearwood. 

 Ascot. Loddon Bridge. Twyford. 

 Although this j^lant is closely allied to, I believe it is quite distinct 

 from F. sciuroides. The seeds (fruits) of one can be picked out from 

 those of the other plant. 



F. Mtjuros is reported from all the bordering counties. 



P. sciuroides, Eoth, Bot. Abb. 43. Squirrel' s-tail Grass. 



Vulpia sciuroides, Gmel. Fl. Bad. i. 9 in obs. (1805). F. bromoides, Sm., 



Parnell, &c., and of Linn, according to Index Kewensis. 

 Top. Bot. 495. Synie, E. B. xi. 142, t. 1782. Nyman, 820. Fl. Oxf. 343. 

 Native. Glareal. Sandy pastures, heaths, walls, dry banks, and sandy 



fallow fields. Locally common. More frequent than the preceding 



species. A. May-June. 

 First found by Mr. Baxter about 1840, Recorded in Britt. Contr. 1871. 



1. Isis. Cumnor, Bosivell. Appleton. 



2. Ock, Bagley Wood, 1840 (unnamed sp.), Baxter in Herb. Oxf. 



Ferry Hinkse3^ Wootton. Tubney. Marcham. Shippon. 

 Plentiful on Boar's Hill in sandy fields. 



3. Pang. Oare Common. Cold Ash Common. Bucklebury. 



4. Kennet. Newbury. Greenham Common. Aldermaston. Hamp- 



stead Marshall. Snelsmore. Burghfield. 



5. Loddon. Ascot. Swallowfield. Sunninghill. Coleman's Moor. 



Sonning. Twyford. Sandhurst. Ambarrow. Wellington 



College. Finchampstead. Bracknell. 

 On very dry heaths, as on Bucklebury Common, the plant becomes 

 very small, /. nana, the F. bromoides, var. nana, Parnell, Or. Brit. 128. 

 F. sciuroides is recorded for all the bordering counties. 



F. ovina, Linn. Sp. PI. 73 (1753), and Herb, for the greater part. 



Sheep's Fescue Grass. 

 Top. Bot. 495. Syme, E. B. xi. 143, 1. 1783. Nyman, 829. Fl. Oxf. 348. 



Parnell, Grasses Scot. t. 56. 

 Native. Glareal, &c. Dry pastures, heaths, commons, and chalk 



downs. Locally abundant. P. May-June. 

 First record. F. ovina, Dr. Noehden. Very grateful to sheep, Mavor's 



Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 F. ovina, a very polymorphic species, is absent from considei*able 

 areas of the county, but when it occurs it usually does so in abundance. 

 Var. PALUDOSA, Gaud. Fl. Helv. i. 276 (1828) = vai'. capillata, Hackel, 

 Mon. Fest. 85 = F. cajnllata, Lam. Fl. Fr. iii. 597=2^. tenuifolia, Sibth. 

 Fl. Oxon. 44 = F. ovina, var. tenuifolia, Syme, E. B. t. 1784. Sutton, 

 Perm. Past. t. x. 



