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FESTUCA ELATIOR. 
Linnzvus. Hooxer anp Arnott. Smirn. GRrevitts. Curtis. 
Sincuarr. Deraxin. Kuntrs. Scuraper. Hv. 
Hupson. Wirnerine. Revwan. SrptHore. Aspor. Ratrs. Macreicur. 
PLATE XLVI. 
Festuca arundinacea, ScHREBER. EHuruHArtT. VILLARS. 
oe es BaBinaron. 
Bucetum elatius, PaRNELL. 
Schedonorus elatior, LINDLEY. 
Bromus littoreus, Witipenow. Host. Srincnarr. 
The Tall Fescue Grass. 
Festuca—............ ? Elatior—Lofty, tall. 
A VALUABLE agricultural Grass for moist or damp situations, 
being nutritive and very productive. 
Common in England, Scotland, and Ireland; found in France, 
Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Lapland, and 
North America. 
Stem erect, circular, smooth, and striated, bearing five to six 
flattish, linear, acute leaves, with striated sheaths; upper sheath 
extending beyond its leaf, and having a short ligule at the 
apex. Inflorescence compound-panicled, the first four or five 
spikelets arising immediately from the rachis on brief stalks, the 
remainder on simple and compound branches. Panicle large 
and spreading, leaning to one side. Rachis and branches rough. 
Spikelets ovate-lanceolate, consisting of five or six slightly awned 
florets. Calyx of two unequal acute glumes, the exterior one 
destitute of lateral ribs, the interior one three-ribbed. Florets 
