50(> 98. GRAMINE^E. 



7. F. ordria (Dam.) T ; pan. secund/spikelets 4 10-fl., 1. all 

 involute-setaceous, lowest sheaths hairy, far creeping not cses- 

 pitose. F. rubra Sm., E. B. 2058. Near F. r libra, but mode of 

 growth very different. Sandy sea-shores. P. VI. E. 8. 



** Root-leaves broad and fiat. Ligule not aurided. Awn 0, 

 or dorsal. SCHEDONORUS Beauv. 



f Uppermost ligule prominent. Lower pale 3-veined. 



8. F. sylvat'ica (Vill.) ; pan. erect diffuse much-branched, 

 branches rough, spikelets of 3 4 awnless acute Jl., lower pale 

 rough, dorsal rib serrulate throughout, 1. lanceolate-linear with 

 rough margins. Poa P. 44 & 100. F. Calamaria Sm., E. B. 

 i005. Scarcely creeping. St. 24 feet high, covered at the 

 base with imbricate broad acute leafless sheaths, tufted. L. 

 voiy lonjr, broad, roughish on both sides ; uppermost 1. smaller. 

 Lower pale very acute ; midrib extending nearly to the tip or 

 slightly beyond it. Ovary pilose at the top. /3. F. dec.idua (Sm. ); 

 1. narrower, fi. about 2. E. B. 2260. Woods in mountainous 

 districts. P. VII. E.S.I. 



tt Uppermost ligule very short. Lower pale 5-veined. 

 BUCETUM Parn. 



9. .F. gigantea (Vill.) ; pan. open drooping branched, spikelets 

 of about 5 owned fl., dorsal rib of lower pale nearly smooth not ex- 

 tending to the tip but ending in a rough awn twice as long as the 

 pale, 1. linear-lanceolate. E. . 1820. P. tf.Bromus L. 

 St. 3 4 feet high. L, very long, broad, roughish on both sides, 

 except near the base on the underside. Ligule unequal, auricled. 

 Lower pale roughish, membranous, often bifid at the tip. Top 

 of the ovary glabrous. /3. F. triflora (Sm.) ; pan. smaller and 

 more erect, spikelets scattered of about 3 flowers. E. B. 1918. 

 Moist woods and thickets. P. VII. E. S. L 



10. F. arundindcea (Schreb.) ; panicle diffuse patent, branches 

 mostly in pairs each bearing 2 or more ovate-oblong spikelets 

 divaricate with fl. or afterwards, spikelets very many of 5 6 

 closely placed fl., dorsal rib of lower pale ending at or just below 

 the tip or forming a short awn, 1. linear-lanceolate. F. elatior 

 Sm., E. B. 1593. P. 46, 47.- St. 26 ft. high, forming large 



1 F. oraria Dura. Agr. Belg. 105 (1823), F. sabulicola Duf. (1825) 

 .'p. arenaria Godr. (1865, not Osb.). See Bull. Belg. vii. 367. 



