FESTUCA DURIUSCULA. 



HARD FESCUE. 



Eootstock perennial, slightly creeping. Stems 1 to 

 2 feet, erect, and tufted, but less so than in F. ovhia. 

 Stem-leaves flat, lanceolate, and striated ; sheath 

 downy ; ligule long. Panicle erect and spreading. 

 Spikelets many-flowered, and larger than in F. orina. 

 Empty glumes lanceolate and unequal. Flowering 

 glumes narrow, with a short awn. Palea toothed, 

 with hairy nerves. Flowers June and July. Grows in 

 damp, hilly places throughout Europe, North Africa, 

 Siberia, North America, and Australia. 



ANALYSIS. 



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