376 GRAM IN A. 



A species of the warmer tracts. Quite distinct from sciuroides. The 

 two species are readily distinguishable either when luxuriant or in a 

 dwarfed and starved condition. 



820. F. sciuroides, Both. Barren Fescue-Grass. 



Native ; in dry rocky or sandy places, and on wall-tops. Very 

 common. June, July. Area general. 

 Extends from the coast to the sandy roadsides of the open commons. 



821. F. ovina, L. Sheejj's Fescue-Grass. 



Native ; on commons, moors, and in dry waste or turfy places. 

 Locally common. June, July. 

 0. I. Viverdon Down. Pillaton Down. 



II. Furzy ground above Vernico Down. Kingston Down. 

 D. III. Devil's Point. St. Budeaux. Roborough Down. 



IV. Prince Rock, near Cattedown. On limestone near Hay farm- 

 house. Thornbury Corner, and by the tramway at Common 

 Wood, Egg Buckland. Dartmoor. 

 V. Crownhill Down. Newton Ferrers ; the var. glaiica by the tidal 

 inlet. 

 VI. Dartmoor, above Harford. 

 An abundant species on the open downs and moors. 



822. F. rubra, L. 



Native. 



a. duriuscula, "i." Sm. Hard Fescue-Grass. 



On dry or rocky banks, walls, and bushy places. Very common. 

 June, July. Area general. 

 Grows on hedge-banks close to Plymouth, and is very frequent about 

 the lanes of the enclosed country. I have never seen typical h. ai-enaria, 

 with root-stock very extensively creeping in sand, anywhere on the coast 

 here. There is however a form of Festuca common by the shores which 

 insinuates a short partially-creeping root-stock into narrow clefts of slaty 

 rocks. I think it must be considered a maritime form of var. a. durius- 

 cula. I hope to give further attention to it. 



823. F. elatior, ylz^cif. Tall Fescue-Grass. 



Native ; on hedge-banks and in bushy waste places, mostly near 

 the sea or in the neighbourhood of tidal waters. Locally com- 

 mon. June, July, 

 c. I. Between St Germans Beacon and Port Wrmkle. 



II. Between Torpoint and Antony. St. Johns. By the Tamar, near 

 Calstock and Weir Head. 

 D. III. Near De\irs Point. Lophill, by the Tavy. 



IV. Hoe, Plymouth, 1878. Sal tram embankment, in abundance. 



