CH. vn] Botanical Description of Species 



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Var. 2, fallax without rhizomes, growing in fairly compact 

 tufts. 



Sub-species heterophylla, HackeL Top of ovary pubescent. 



In this variety the intravaginal shoots are much more numerous' 

 than the extravaginal and the upper leaves of the culm are 

 distinctly expanded. 



Fig. 104. Festuca rubra, L. var. Fig. 105. Festuca ovina, L. 

 genuina, Hack. About nat. size. var. duriuscula, Koch. 



About i nat. size. 



The following remarks apply to the genuine creeping variety, 

 var. 1, genuina. This plant is closely allied to Hard Fescue. 

 It differs chiefly in its habit of extensively creeping by means of 

 well-developed rhizomes. Its basal sheaths are also red or pink 

 in colour. 



