40 TRIAND. 



branched fpreading nearly erect, spikelets oblong tivvnless 

 3 ; 5 -flowered,, leaves linear-lanceolate. E. B. t. 1005. 

 ft. minor. F. decidua, E. B. /. 2266. 



HAD. Woody valley at the foot of B. Lawers, 1793, Mr. J. T. 'Mac- 

 hay. Kenmuir bank, Glasg., Dr. Brown. Dumbartonshire j Bread - 

 albane, and near Fort Augustus, G. Don. I suspect not uncom- 

 mon in moist alpine woods and on banks. ]3. Perthshire, G. Dow. 

 Fl. July. TJ. . 



Two to three feet high, with large and broad leaves. Cul. valves nar- 

 row, linear-lanceolate, very unequal, small one single-nerved, larger 

 one with three nerves. Florets rather distant upon the rachis. Ext. 

 valve of cor. scabrous, lanceolate-acuminate. 



7. F. loliacea (spiked Fescue-grass), raceme spiked distichous 

 elongate, spikelets distant linear many-flowered, florets cy- 

 lindrical awnless. E. B. t. 1821. 



HAB. Moist meadows and pastures occasionally about Glasg., Hopk. 

 Angus-shire, rare, G. Z)o. Marsh at the foo't of Salisbury Craigs, 

 Dr. Yule. N. bank of Loch LevenJ Mr.Arnott. Fl. June, July. T/ . 

 Two feet high. Leaves few, short, linear, acute. Racemes 2 5 inches 

 long. Rachis flexuose. Spikelets nearly sessile, 5 6-flowered. 

 Cal. valves unequal, lanceolate, acute. Outer valve of cor. ovate, 

 lanceolate, nerved, diaphanous at the ape*, and obtuse (hence 

 hardly agreeing with the Gen. char.), scarcely scabrous, or only on 

 the nerves. Something the habit of Poajluitans , but more so 

 that of Lolium perenne or Rye-grass. Gaudin suggests that it may 

 be a var. of the following. 



8. F. pratensis (Meadow Fescue- grass), panicle patent branch- 

 ed, spikelets linear many-flowered, florets cylindrical awnless, 

 leaves linear, root fibrous. E. B. t. 1592. 



HAB. Moist meadows and pastures, common, Hopk. Fl. June, July. 3/ . 



One to two feet high. Distinguished at first sight from the last by 

 its panicle (not spiked raceme) , also by the^/Zorete, which, though 

 much resembling the last, have their outer valve more acute. 



9. F. elatior (tall Fescue-grass), panicle patent very much 

 branched, epikelets ovato-lanceolate many- flowered, florets 

 cylindrical subaristate, leaves linear-lanceolate, root creeping. 

 Light/, p. 102. E. B. 1. 1593. 



HAD. Moist meadows and banks of rivers, but not common, Dr. POT- 

 SOUS. Caroline Park, &c., Edinb., Mr. Arnott. Fl. June, July. 3/ . 



Habit much like the last, but twice or thrice the size in every part. 

 Outer valve of the cor. always very acute or even acuminate, awn- 

 less, or with a short awn inserted just below the point. 



25. BROMUS. 



* Awn terminal. Raceme spiked. 



1. Br. sylvaticus (slender Wood Brome-grass) , raceme spiked 

 slightly drooping, spikelets distichous linear erect remote, 

 awns straight longer than the florets. Light f. p. 103 (Festuca 

 sylv.). ,./. 729. 



