CL. III.] TEIANDRIA DIGYtflA. 87 



scales very minute. Straws from six to fourteen inches high, 



erect, leaves somewhat involute, smooth on the back, furrowed 

 and hairy above : panicle rather close, with compressed, rough- 

 edged stalks. Annual : flowers in June : grows on the sandy 

 shores of the south of England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1430. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 144. 177. 



7. F. gigantea. Great Fescue. Panicle branched, drooping to- 

 wards one side, spikelet lance- shaped, compressed; flowers shorter 



than their awn ; leaves narrow, lance-shaped, ribbed. Stems 



three or four feet high, erect, smooth, striated : leaves with rough 

 edges and ribs : panicle large, with spikelets of from three to six 

 flowers. Perennial : flowers in July and August : groAvs in woods 

 and hedges : not uncommon. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 1820. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. i. p. 144. Bromus giganteus of some botanists. 178. 



8. F. calamdria. Tall Fescue. Panicle repeatedly compound, 

 spreading, erect ; spikelets of from two to five cylindrical, keeled, 



pointed flowers ; inner husk folded in the middle. Straws two 



or three feet high, round, smooth : leaves lance-shaped, tapering, 

 striated, ribbed, rough at the edges : panicle with slender, angular 

 branches : spikelet small, erect : outer chaff-scale linear, inner 

 awl-shaped. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in mountainous 

 woods : not uncommon. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 1005. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. i. p. 146. 179. 



9. F. lolidcea. Spiked Fescue. Spike two-rowed, drooping ; 

 spikelet nearly sessile, narrow-oblong ; flowers cylindrical, awn- 

 less, pointed, with five or six ribs at the top. Straws two feet 



high, round, smooth : leaves linear, flat, smooth : spike with a 

 wavy, angular common stalk : spikelets with ten or twelve cylin- 

 drical flowers. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in 

 rich moist pastures : not uncommon. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 181. 

 Eng. FL vol. i. p. 147. 180. 



10. F.pratensis. Meadow Fescue. Panicle nearly erect, branched, 

 spreading, inclined to one side ; spikelets lance-shaped, compressed 



with eight or nine cylindrical flowers ; root fibrous. Straws 



about two feet high, round, smooth : leaves linear, pointed, striated, 

 rough at the edges : panicle with compressed, rough stalks : nec- 

 tary four-cleft. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in 

 moist pastures and by road-sides : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxiii. 

 pi. 1592. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 148. 181. 



11. F. eldtior. Tall Fescue. Panicle somewhat drooping, much 

 branched, spreading in all directions; spikelets between egg- 

 shaped and lance-shaped, \vith numerous cylindrical, somewhat 



awned flowers ; root creeping. Straws about four feet high, 



striated, smooth: leaves narrow lance-shaped, smooth, rough at 

 the edges : nectary four-cleft. Perennial : flowers in June and 

 July : grows in moist meadows : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxiii. pi. 1593. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 148. 182. 



12. F. syhdtica. Slender Wood Fescue. Spike simple, drooping; 

 spikelets nearly cylindrical, inclining one way ; awns longer than 



the husks ; leaves hairy ; root fibrous. Straws two feet high, 



round, smoothish, very slender : leaves more or less hairy : nec- 

 tary of two acute scales. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in 

 thickets and hedges. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 729. Eng. Fl. vol. i. 

 p. 149. 183. 



13. F. pinndta. Spiked Heath Fescue. Spike simple, erect, two- 

 rowed ; spikelets nearly cylindrical ; awns shorter than the husks ; 



