94 HORTUS GRAMINKUS WOBURNENSIS. 



FESTUCA. Fescue-grass. Generic character: calyx 2-valved, 

 many-flowered, containing the florets in a slender spike; 

 valves acuminate, the interior the least; corolla 2-valved ex- 

 terior valve larger than the calyx, acuminate or awned ; seed 

 acute at both ends, slender and oblong, 



ovina, per. sheep's fescue, indig. May and June. E. Bot. 585. 



Hort. Gram. Fol. 129. R. F. W. B. Sm. Engl. Fl. i. p. 139. 



a. violacea, per. violet, indig. May, June. Schenodorus viola- 



ceus, Linn. Sys. Veg. i. p. 704. 

 (3. ovina hordeiformis, per. long-awned sheep's fescue. Hort. 



Gram. Fol. 36. 

 tenuifolia, per. slender-leaved, indig. May and June. Leers. Her- 



born, t. 8, f. 4. Sm. Engl. Fl. var. F. ovina. 

 vivipara, per. viviparous fescue, indig. June. Sm. Engl. Fl. i. 



p. 140. E. Bot. 1355. Hort. Gram. Fo. 133. 

 nigrescens, per. blackish, nat. Switz. alpine pastures. Scheno- 

 dorus nigrescens, Linn. Sys. Veg. i. p. 705. 

 rubra, per. creeping-rooted, indig. June and July. E. Bot. 2056. 



Hort. Gram. Fo. 133. 



Cambrica, var. per. Welsh Fescue, indig. Sm. Engl. Fl. i.p. 142. 

 var. Festuca rubra ; this . variety is permanent. Wither. 

 Arr. June. Hort. Gram. Fo. 33. 

 glabra, var. per. smooth fescue, indig. Wither. Arr. and Light. 



June. Hort. Gram. Fo. 63. Fest. glabra. 

 dumetorum, var. per. pubescent indig. Sm. Engl. Fl. i. p. 141. 

 var. F. duriuscula ; this is a permanent variety. Wither. 

 Arr. June and July. Hort. Gram. Fo. 135. 

 duriuscula, per. hard fescue, indig. June and July. Sm. Engl. 

 Fl. i. 141. Festuca heterophylla, Willd. i. 368. E. Bot. 470. 

 Hort. Gram. Fo. 30. 



a. duriuscula oliganthos, per. soft-leaved. F. heterophylla, Spreng. 

 /3. duriuscula polyanthus, per. mealy-rooted, Gaud. 1. c. 

 7. duriuscula laevigata, per. smooth. Host. Gram. ii. p. 62. t. 87. 

 d. duriuscula grandiflora, per. numerous-flowered. 

 bromoides, ann. brome-like fescue, indig. June and July. E. 



Bot. 1411. 

 myurus, ann. capon's-tail, or wall-fescue, indig. July. Sm. Engl. 



Fl. i. p. 143. E. Bot. 1412. Hort. Gram. Fo. 139. 

 uniglumis, ann. single-husked, indig. June and July. Sm. Engl. 

 Fl. i. p. 143. E. Bot. 1430. 



