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8. F. oraria has a far-creeping rootstock, subulate leaves, the 

 lowest with hairy sheaths, and a i-sided panicle. Sandy sea-shores ; 

 rare. Fl. June. Perennial. 



** Basal leaves broad and flat ; ligule without auricles 



9. F. sylvalica (Wood- or Reed-Fescue). Tall and reed-like; 

 leaves broad ; panicle rather compact, 4-6 inches long ; spikelets 

 usually 4- or 5-flowered ; outer glumes very narrow ; flowering 

 glumes about inch long, finely printed, but not distinctly awned 

 Woods in hilly districts ; not common. Fl. July, August. Peren- 

 nial. 



10. F. elaiior (Tall Fescue). Tufted or rootstock shortly creep- 

 ing ; stems 2-4 feet high ; leaves flat ; panicle always erect, 5 to 

 nearly 12 inches long ; spikelets to nearly 1 inch long ; flowering 

 glumes scarcely pointed or sometimes shortly awned, 5-ribbed. 

 Damp meadows ; common. Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



11. F. arundinacea (Sea-Fescue). Taller than the last, with 

 broader leaves and a more branched, spreading panicle. Banks of 

 rivers and wet places, especially near the sea. Fl. June, July. 

 Perennial. 



12. F. pratensis (Meadow- Fescue). Smaller than F. elaiior ; 

 rootstock less creeping ; panicle much narrower, sometimes 10 inches 

 long, with the branches shorter and in pairs, 1 branch with 1 

 spikelet, the other with 2 or more. Wet meadows and river banks ; 

 common. Fl. June, July. Perennial. [F. loliacea, in which the 

 inflorescence is reduced to a 2-sided, spike-like raceme, much 

 resembling Lolium perenne, is regarded as a hybrid between Festuca 

 pratense and Lolium perenne ; it is not rare.] 



40. BROMUS (Bromc) 



* Lowest glume i-veined ; second 3-5-veined ; flowering 

 glume usually with a long awn 



f Ovary glabrous 



1. B. giga)iteus (Tall or Giant Brome). Erect, glabrous, 3 or 4 

 feet high ; panicle loose, long, more or less drooping ; spikelets 

 about inch long without the awns, 3-6-flowered. Much like 

 B. ramosus, but distinguished by the smaller spikelets, slender awns, 

 and glabrous ovary. Hedges and ; common. Fl. July 

 Perennial. 



I Ovary hairy 



2. B. ramosus (Rough Brome). Also known as B. asper. Similar 

 to B. giganteus in habit, but the sheaths of the broad, flat leaves 

 have long, reflexed hairs, the flowering glumes are longer /nearly 



