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Festuca octoflora Walt. Slender Fescue Grass. 



PI. XIV., Fig. I. 

 Festuca octoflora Walter, Fl. Car. 8i. 1788 [South Carolina]. — Britton 296. — 



Keller and Brown 53. 

 Festuca tenella Knieskern 39. 



Dry sandy soil, casual in the northern counties, frequent 

 throughout our region. 



H.— Mid-May to mid-June. 



Middle District.— Delanco (S), Medford (S), Mickleton. 

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

 Pleasant Mills, Tuckahoe. 



Coast Strip. — Beach Haven (L), N. Beach Haven (L), Barnegat City (L). 



Festuca rubra L. Red Fescue Grass. 



Festuca rubra Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 74. 1753 [Europe]. 



Sandy ground along the coast marshes. 



This is one of several plants of wide distribution which 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 been thought best to include 

 them all. 



Fl. — Late May to mid-June. 



Maritime. — Sherburn's (L), Surf City (L), Spray Beach (L), Peahala 

 (L), Beach Haven (L), Barnegat City (L), Holgate's (L), Beach Haven 

 Terrace (L). 



Festuca nutans Spreng. Nodding Fescue Grass. 



Festuca nutans Sprengel, Fl. Hal. Mantissa 34. 1807 [Pennsylvania]. — Knies- 

 kern 39. — Willis 74. — Britton 297. 



Rocky woods of the northern counties and southward in the 



Middle district. 



Fl. — Late May to early June. 



Middle District.— Vemhtrion (C), IMedford (S), Mickleton, Swedesboro. 



B ROM US L. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Plant tall, 2-5 feet high (in woodlands), flowers pubescent, panicle 

 weak and drooping. B. purgans, p. 245 



aa. Plants lower, rarely over two feet high (waste ground plants). 



