FESTUCA. 1.);)' 



Slender, G 12 in. high. L. linear, involute. [fl. t^r;/w;</ 

 (Hack.); pan. longer, sheath covering its base.] Walls and sandy 

 places. A. 't VI. VII. E. S, 1. 



3. F. ambit/ ua (Le Gall) ; uppermost sheath very nearly reach- 

 ing- to the lon-i narrow erect close pan., lowest pan.-branch equal- 

 ling more than ] of pan., fl. terete rough, gl. unequal as 3 (3 to 

 1, larger gl. about equalling 3 of lowest tiower. E. B. S. 2970. 

 Slender, 8 12 in. high. L. involute. Probably a glabrous 

 form of F. ciliata (I)anth.). Sandv places. Isle of Wight. 

 Kent. Dorset. Suffolk. A. V. VI. E. 



4. F. Myuros (L.) ; uppermost sheath reaching to or partly 

 covering the lony narrow nodding interrupted pan., lowest pan.- 

 branch equalling \ of pan., fl. terete rough, gl. unequal as 3 to 1, 

 larger gl. about equalling J lowest flower. E. B. 1412. F. 

 pseudo-inyurus (Soy. -Will.). About a foot high, slender. Pan. 

 very long and narrow. Walls and sandy places, rare. A. r* 

 VL VII. E. S.? I. 



tt Triandrous. Awn. shorter than the pale. 



T>. F. ovina (L.) ; pan. narrow subsecund close with fr., spike- 

 lets 4 6-fl., fl. mostly awned, /. all setaceous, sheaths glabrous, 

 ccespitose. E. B. 58o. P. 5b', 57. Very variable. L. short, 

 slightly curved, densely tufted. FJ. glabrous, or (luspidula Koch) 

 hairy/ Spikelets sometimes changed into leafy shoots. ft. 

 F. capillata (Lam.) ; 1. very long setaceous, fl. awnless. y. F. 

 duriuscula (L.) ; pan. pyramidal, branches spreading,!, filiform 

 channelled, st.-l. broader. St. and 1. stouter. Fries thought it 

 distinct, \\wc.glauca, Hack. (F. glauca, Lam.) has the 1. sheaths and 

 fl. more or less glaucous, and var. supina, Hack, is a small form with 

 small dense pan., setaceous laminae and sheaths entire for about ^ of 

 their length.] Dry hilly pastures, ft. On mountains, y. Damper 

 places. P. VI. Sheep's Fescue-grass. E. S. I. 



6. F. rubra (L.) ; pan. broadish below subsecund, spikelets 

 4 10-fl., 1. involute-setaceous, st.-l. flat, lowest sheaths hairy, 

 soboliferous. F. duriuscula Sm. (in part), E. B. 470, P. 58 00. 

 Very variable. Fl. shortly awned, glabrous, hairy or villose. 

 L. variable in length and breadth and the fl. in size. Creeping 

 but caespitose. [F. fallax (Thuill.) is densely caespitose and scarcely 

 creeping.] Common in dry sandy, rarely in wet places. P. VI. 



E. S. I. 



[F. lieteropliylla (Lam.) ; not stoloniferous, st. taller, root-1. long 

 etaceoua densely tufted, st.-l. flat, pan. long lax, considered by Prof. 

 Hackel a jjubsp. of 6, is recorded from several places, probably sown.] 



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