72 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
clofely matted are the leaves, as alfo the roots, 
that it is with difficulty they are cut through with 
the fpade. Ina fquare plot in the Botanic gar- 
dens, in the alphabetical arrangement of the. 
Gramina vera, or true grafs divifion, where this 
grafs is cultivated, it has no unfightly appearance 
in foliage. As a pafture grafs it may not be un- 
acceptable, as it vegetates fpeedily after being 
cut, and holds in verdure during the winter. As 
a meadow grafs not defirable; for fo matted are 
the roots it is with difficulty any other could grow 
amongtt it. P. June. July. 
Inset Cpudi. 
Fefcufhér cruan. 
EncuisH.—Red Fefcue-grafs. 
Ob. Roots creeping, very long. Stems 1 foot, 
decumbent, leafy at the bafe, very fmooth, 
ftriated. Leaves linear, rolled inwards, fome- 
what fharp-pointed, fmooth underneath, furrowed 
above, pubefcent. Sheaths furrowed: thofe on 
the {tem very long, fmooth; thofe from the root 
fhort, pubefcent. Sheath-/cale very fhort, gnawed- 
like. Panicle pointing one way, branched; pe- 
‘duncles furrowed, with the angles rough. Calyx, 
valves 
