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by its long narrow spikelike pan. and narrower spikelets. Walls 

 and sandy places. A. ? VI. VII. 



ft Triandrous. Awn shorter than the pale. 



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

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

 caespitose. E. B. 584. P. 56, 57. Very variable. L. short, 

 slightly carved, densely tufted. Fl. glabrous or hairy. Spikelets 

 sometimes changed into leafy shoots. F. vivipara Sm., E. B. 

 1355. /3. F. tenuifolia (Sibth.) ; 1. very long setaceous, fl. awn- 

 less. y. F. duriuscula (L.) ; pan. pyramidal, branches spread- 

 ing, lower sheaths downy, 1. filiform channeled, st.-l. broader. 

 St. and 1. stouter. Fries thinks that it is a distinct species. 

 "Dry hilly pastures. /3. On mountains, y. Damper places. P. 

 VI. Sheep's Fescue-grass. 



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

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

 stoloniferous, stoles ending in erect shoots with distichous leaves. 

 E. B. 2056. F. duriuscula P. 58, 59, 60, Sm. (in part). 

 Very variable. Always stoloniferous. St.-l. rarely (F. sabulicola 

 Duf.) involute-setaceous. Fl. shortly awned, glabrous, hairy or 

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

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



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

 or dorsal. SCHEDONORUS, Beauv. 



t Uppermost ligule prominent. Lower pale 3-veined. 



6. F. sylvatica (Vill.) ; pan. erect diffuse much-branched, 

 branches rough, spikelets of 3 5 awnless acute fl., lower pale 

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

 scabrous margins. Poa P. 44 and 100. F. Calamaria Sm., 

 E. B. 1005. Scarcely creeping. St. 24 feet high, covered at 

 the base with imbricated broad acute leafless sheaths, tufted. L. 

 very long, 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. decidua (Sm.); 

 1. narrower, fl. about 2. E. B. 2266. Woods in mountainous 

 districts. P. VII. 



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

 BUCETUM Parn. 



7. F. gigantea (Vill.) ; pan. drooping branched, spikelets of 

 about 5 awned fl., dorsal rib of lower pale nearly smooth not 

 extending to the tip but ending in a scabrous awn twice as long 

 as the pale, 1. linear-lanceolate. .E. B. 1820. P. 47. St. 34 



