246 GRASSES OF BRITAIN. 



Festuca bromoides (variety) Pseudo-Myurus. 

 Sheathed Barren Fescue- Grass. 

 Plate CXI. 



Although this grass is considered by most authors as a distinct spe- 

 cies, I cannot myself find any specific mark of distinction between it 

 and Festuca bromoides^ described in p. 127, excepting in the panicle 

 being larger and the stem sheathed further up, characters which can 

 scarcely be considered of sufficient importance to constitute a species. 

 It is a frequent grass in England, Ireland, and Scotland, growing 

 in corn-fields and other cultivated places. 



Flowers in the middle of June, and ripens its seed early in July. 



It possesses no agricultural merits worthy of notice. I have found 

 it a very common grass throughout France and Germany. 



Explanation of Plate CXI. Festuca bromoides (variety) Pseudo- 

 Myurus^ natural size. 



Fig. 1. Showing the glumes how they differ in length in different spikelets. ") 



2. Glumes. I 'g 



3. Floret, showing the two paleae. l -^ 



4. Ligule lobed on one bide. j _^ 



5. Ovarium, pistils, stamens, and scales. J ^ 



Festuca bromoides, Bab. Festuca Myur us, Hooker, Smith. Festuca Pseuilo-Myurus, Koch. 



