G64 



THURBER FESCUE 



Festu'ca thur'beri 





Flower head (panicle) at ends 

 of stalks, loose, slightly droop- 

 ing, 4 to 6 in. long 



Individual flower groups (spike- 

 lets) 3- to 6-flowered, about % 

 in. long, borne above the middle 

 of the panicle branches 



Stalks (culms) densely tufted, 

 rather robust, erect, 24 to 40 in. 

 high 



Outer flower bract (lemma) 

 smooth or finely scabrous near 

 margins, about % in. long, 

 without bristle (awn) at tip 

 but rigidly pointed 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts 

 (glumes) thin, smooth or 

 rough on the keel; 2d glume. 

 1-veined (nerved), or 3-nerved 

 at base only 



Appendage (ligule) at junc- 

 tion of leaf blade and leaf* 

 sheath, membranous, elongated 

 (%e in. long), taper-pointed 



Roots numerous, fibrous; root- 

 stocks lacking 



