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Fig. 288. FESTUCA ELATIOR PRATENSIS (Huds.) Hack. Monog. Fest 

 Eu. 150. 1882. {F. pratcnsis Huds. Fl. Angl. ed.- 1, 37. 1762.) MEADOW 

 FESCUE.— An upright perennial 6-9 dm. (2°-3°) high, with numerous flat 

 leaves and a rather narrow panicle 10-20 cm. (4'-8') long, usually erect, the 

 branches solitary or the lower in pairs, with few (1 to 4) spikelets (a) 9-12 mm. 

 (4i//_6//) long.— In fields and waysides, introduced, Nova Scotia to North Caro- 

 lina, west to Washington, Oregon, and Kansas. (Europe.) June to August. 



A valuable hay grass, differing from the species, F. elatior, in its smaller size 

 and narrower, fewer-flowered panicles. 



