198 88. 



Var. duriuscula. Tufted or slightly creeping. Stems 1 2 ft. 

 high, with a few of its le. flat, angled and somewhat glabrous 

 below the panicle. 



Common. In moist pastures and rich soil. 



Var. rubra. Stems often nearly 2 ft. high, from an extensively 

 creeping rhizome, many-angled, and smooth below the broad 

 panicle. Le. of the stem broader and flat when dry, becoming 

 somewhat involute. 



Frequent. In light sandy soils. (B) P. 6. Common. In Bute, Cumbrae, and 

 Arran. 



B. Leaves broader than the stem. 



3. F. SYLVATICA, Vill. Reed Fescue-grass. Rhizome creeping. 

 Stems tufted, erect, 2 3 ft. high, round, furnished at the base 

 with large, broad, acute, more or less polished scales. Radical le. 

 broader than the upper stem one. Ligule prominent, obtuse. 

 Panicle subsecund, much branched, 4 6 in, long. Spikelets of 

 3 5 acute, awnless florets. Gl. very narrow., unequal, outer 

 glumella 3-ribbed, rough ; the dorsal rib serrated its whole length. 



Very rare. In mountainous woods. (S) P. 7. "On Kenmuir bank," Dr. 

 Brown. 



4. F. PRATENSIS, Huds. Meadow Fescue-grass. Root fibrous. 

 Stems erect, round, smooth, and striated. Le. linear-lanceolate, 

 flat, rough at the point. Panicle close, subsecund, never divari- 

 cate. Branches in pairs from the rachis, the principal one com- 

 posed of several spikelets, with an axillary branch of seldom 

 more than one spikelet, the lower ones joined to the principal 

 branch, Spikelets 5 10-flowered ; outer glumella 5-ribbed, 

 central one often forming a very short awn from a little below 

 the membranous extremity. 



Common. In wet meadows and on river banks. (B) P. G 7. 



Var. lollacea. Branches reduced to a solitary spikelet placed 

 alternately on the rachis, sessile or shortly stalked, having the 

 hack of the spikelet to the rachis with 2 glumes. 



Not common. Banks of rivers ; plentiful on the banks of Clyde at Dalbeth. 



5. F. ELATIOR, L. Tall Fescue-grass. Stems forming large 

 tufts, 35 ft. high. Le. broad. Panicle diffuse, much branched, 

 mostly in pairs, each with several spikelets, divaricate in flower- 

 ing, sending its lower branches to one side, afterwards erect. 

 Spikelets 5 6-flowered. Outer glumella with its dorsal rib 

 ending in a small awn from a little below the apex. 



Very common. Banks of rivers and moist pastures. (B) P. 67. Banks of 

 the Kelvin, Cart, and Clyde. 



6. F. GIGANTEA, Vill. Tall- bearded Fescue-grass. Root 

 fibrous. Stem erect, 34 ft. high. Le. broad ; ligule unequal, 



