NjORTU&amp;gt;CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

 FESTUCA. 



Glumes two, unequal, many flowered. Palea3 two lanceo 

 late ; outer one accuminate, or awned. Panicle usually com 

 pound. 



FESTUCA OVINA SHEEP FESCUE. (Fig. 14.) 



Stem slender, surmounted by 

 small panicale, with spikelets from 

 two to six flowered * awn inconsid 

 erable ; leaves, bristle shaped, red 

 dish or greenish. It grows from 6 

 to 10 inches high, in dense peren 

 nial rooted tufts. It flowers in June 

 and July ; grows in dry pastures, 

 and makes an excellent pasturage 

 for sheep. 



FESTUCA PRATENSIS MEADOW FESCUE. 



(Fig. 15.) 



Its panicle is branching, nearly 

 erect, slightly one-sided, and with 

 linear spikelets, and with from five 

 to ten cylindrical flowers ; color of 

 the leaves of a glossy green, lower 

 ones broad and pointed and with 

 roughish edges, root creeping per 

 ennial. Flowers early in June. It 

 grows in rather wet open grounds 

 to the height of two or three feet. 



The qualities of this grass giveit a 

 tolerable high rank among the pas 

 ture grasses. It has long tender 

 leaves, which are relished by cattle. 

 It sometimes forms a good turf in 

 old pastures. When sown, it should 

 be mixed with orchard grass, June 

 grass, or common spear-grass. 



The figure was taken from a spe- 

 eimen near its maturity, and past flowering. 



