FESTUCE.E. 595 



scaberulous below tlic panicle. Sheaths smooth ; blades setaceous, 

 0.3-0. G diain., smooth, green, extending more or less above the 

 middle of the culm. Panicle lineur-oblong, 2-4 cm. long, dense, 

 rachis and rays scaberulous. Spikelets 6-8 mm. long, variegated; 

 floral glume 3.5-5 mm. long, bearing an awn of varying length. 

 Some of the florets viviparous, i.e. becoming foliaccous. 



]S[ew Hampshire (^It. Washington, Great Gulf), C. E. Faxon. 



Alpine summits of the Wliite Mountains of New Hampshire and 

 high northward; also in Europe. 



Var. DURiuscuLA (L.) Hack. Monog. Fest. Eu. 89 (188-2). F. 

 duriuscidn L. Sp. PI. 74 (1753). Hard Fescue. 



Culms 15-30-70 cm. high, usually firm with 2 nodes, the upper 

 one-third the way to the top and more or less angled below the 

 panicle, smooth or scaberulous. Sheaths smooth or scaberulous or 

 slightly pubescent; blades firm, 0.6-1.1 mm. diam., green or 

 glaucescent, usually smooth, 7-9-nerved, sclerenchyma continuous 

 on the lower side, rarely interrupted. Panicle variable. Spikelets 

 elliptical or oblong-elliptical, 6-10 mm. long, 4-9-flowered ; floral 

 glume lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long, more or less awned. Variable, 

 exhibiting many subvarieties and forms. 



Common in cultivation in tlie older Northern States. 



Sub. var. trachyphylla Hack. 1. c. 



Culms 50-70 cm. high. Blades firm, 0.7-0.8 mm. diam. 

 Panicle 4-10-15 cm. long, oblong, erect, rather dense, rachis and 

 rays scabrous. Spikelets green or tinged with violet, 6-10 mm. 

 long; floral glume broadly lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long, with a 

 short awn. 



Chichering for U. S. Dept. Agricul. 700; also cultivated at 

 Cambridge, Massacliusetts, and elsewhere. 



Var. pseudovina Hack. 1. c. F. psettdo/u'na Hack. Wiesb. 

 Oestr. Bot. Zeit. 30:126 (1880). 



Culms slender, 20-40 cm. high. Blades filiform, 5-nerved, 

 about 0.5 mm. diam., sclerencliyma in three bundles, scabrous. 

 Panicle ovate-oblong, 5-9 cm. long, rachis and rays scabrous. 

 Spikelets elliptical-oblong, 5-6 mm. long, 4-8-flowered, green or 

 tinged with violet, glumes all subulate-lanceolate, second 3 mm» 



