78 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
its plot, and from obfervations I have made, 
other grafles, which happened to be amongft it, 
feemed to make but flow progrefs; for, from the 
luxuriance of its leaves in fpring, it rather keeps 
under and fmothers others which have not fuch 
quick powers of vegetation as to rife before this 
extends its foliage. If cultivated and treated after 
the manner which I have recommended for the 
Daétylis glomerata, it might become a beneficial 
grafs. See Daétylis glomerata, page 62. It 
thrives amazingly well in every fituation where it 
is placed in the Gardens. Sheep, cows, and 
goats eat it, P. July. Augutt. 
(Fexcurhep appro. 
' l Feftufhér airde. 
EncuiisH.—Tall Fefcue-grafs. 
IriIsH 
Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems from 3 to 4 feet, 
ftriated, leafy, {mooth. Leaves linear, flat, 
broadifh, rough on the edges. Panicle drooping 
but fomewhat upright, about 7 inches long, de- 
compound, Calyx, valves unequal, from 5 to 6 
florets in each, 
ealamaria. F, Panicle pointing one way, upright, very much 
branched, compact: florets oblong, angulated, 
'awnlefs : leaves fword-fhaped, ftriated. 
It 
