594 POACE^. 



3-8-flowered ; floral glume narrow, with scarious margins, involute 

 with age. Ovary obovate-oblong, smooth, rarely with a hispidulous 

 line on one side. Styles terminal. Grain oblong, with a deep 

 groove, adhering to glume and j^alea. 



A wonderfully variable or polymorphous species, widely distrib- 

 uted in the Northern Hemisphere. Those interested are referred 

 for details to Monograpliia Festucarum Europcearum byE. Hackel. 



Var. CAPILLATA (Lam.) Hack. Monog. Test. Eu. 85 (1882), 

 Festiica capillata Lam. Fl. Fr. 3: 597 (1778). 



Densely tufted, 20-30 cm. high. Culms filiform, 0.3-0.4 mm. 

 diam., compressed or four- to five-sided. Blades of sterile slioots 5- 

 15 cm. long, filiform, 0.3 mm. diam., those of the culm 2-3 in num- 

 ber, 2-3 cm. long. Panicle 4-6 cm. long, rays single, soon divid- 

 ing, 1.5-3 cm. long. Spikelets elliptical, 3-8-flowered, 4-7 mm. 

 long, first glume 2 mm. long, second 3 mm. long; floral glume 3-3.5 

 mm. long, awnless. Anthers nearly 2 mm. long. A very pretty 

 grass. 



Michigan, Beal for U. S. Dept. Agricul. 712, for Agricul. Coll. 

 134. 



Introduced into lawns at Agricultural College, Michigan, and 

 elsewhere. 



Var. vulgaris Koch. Syn. Ed. 1, 2:812 (1837); Hack. Monog. 

 Fest. Eu. 86 (1882). 



Densely tufted, 20-30 cm. high ; culms slender, firm, with two 

 nodes. Sheatlis scaberulous or smooth ; blades setaceous, firm, ob- 

 tuse, 0.4-0.6 mm. diam., 5-7-nerved, cylindrical or compressed, 

 sclerenchyma continuous on the lower side. Panicle oblong, erect, 

 rather dense, 5 cm. long, rachis and rays scabrid. Spikelets ellipti- 

 cal or oblong-elliptical, 6-7.5 mm. long, densely 3-8-fiowered, more 

 or less purplish; empty glumes unequal, second ovate-lanceolate, 4 

 mm. long; floral glume 3.5 mm. long, the awn 1-2 mm. long. 



Minnesota (Vermillion Lake, Agate Bay, respectively), Arthur 

 d Baileij B 450, 489. 



Var. supina (Schur) Hack. F. supina Schur, Enum PI. Trauss, 

 784 (1866). 



Culms 12-30 cm. high, firm with two nodes, four-angled, and 



