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.■)7. GRA^ilNE^:. 



into a terminal awn rather 

 long;er than it; stamen usually 

 1. Vulpia Mynros, Gmelin. 



All over the State, preferring 

 sandy places. — Sept. -Nov. — Al- 

 most oosmopolitan. 



2. F. bromoides, Sm. 



Resembles the preceding but has 

 a long, naked stem beloAv the 

 panicle, which is 2-10 cm. (f-4 

 in.) long, and is often reduced 

 to a mere raceme ; lower empty 

 glume about half as long as the 

 upper, which is often a.s long as 

 the contiguous flower. Vulpia 

 st'iu loidcs, Gmelin. 



Same places and season as the 

 preceding. 



3. F. rigfida, Kunth. Hard 

 Fescue. Stiff, glabrous annual, 



stems; leaves 



with ascending 

 narrow, flat 



or 



inr oiled ; 

 ligule 

 narrow 

 erect, 

 long, the 

 spikelets 



Festuca Myuros. 



oblong, torn : panicle 



oidoiig, lanceolate, 



4-8 cm. (lJ-3 in.) 



branches clothed with 



almost to the base ; 



spikelets linear-oblong, with 6-10 



rather loose flowers; outer 



glumes almost equal ; flowering 



glume blunt, with a very small 



mucro ; stamens 3. Foa riqida, 



L. ; Sclcrnpoa rigida, Ciriseliach. 



Waste places. — S'ept. - Nov. — 

 Europe; western Asia. 



30. Dactylis, L. 



(Greek daktylos, a finger; 



alluding to the .shape 



of the panicle.) 



1. Dactylis grlomerata, 



L. Cock's-foot-grass. Tall per- 

 ennial, with a rootstock form- 

 ing tufts: leaves long, flat, 

 rough; ligule oblong. torn; 

 panicle long, narroAv except 

 when in flower, the lower branches naked below and 

 more or less spreading ; spikelet.s compressed, 3-.5-flowered, 

 arranged in dense 1-sided clusters; outer glumes 2, sub- 

 equal, membranous, acute; flowering glume with a ciliate 



Festuca rigida. 



