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I should be more inclined to consider the F. temiifuUa of Sibth. dis- 

 tinct, than an}' other of the vars. 



2. F. duriuscula, L. {^hard Fescue-grass); panicle subsecund 

 subcoarctate, spikelets oblong of about 6 florets with short 

 awns, stem-leaves nearly plane, radical ones subsetaceous, root 

 fibrous. E. Bol. t. 470. 



Pastures and waste ground. Fl. June, July. If. — The leaves on the 

 stem are sometimes convolute, and then they appear setaceous. 1 — \\ 

 f. high, by which size and its stouter habit, it is better distinguished 

 from F. ovina, than by any character I can discover. It is possible that 

 viviparous states of this may be confounded with the F. vivipara of 

 Smith. 



3. F. rubra, L. (^creeping Fescue-grass) ; " panicle unilateral 

 spreading-, florets longer than their awns, leaves downy on their 

 upper side, more or less involute, root extensively creeping." 

 E. Bot. t. 2056. — F. duriuscula, j3. Hook. Scot. i. p. 38. 



Light sandy pastures, near the sea, plentiful; and " in mountain pas- 

 tures and alpine precipices." Fl. July. If-- — In deference to the opinion 

 of the lamented author of F. Bot. and other able Botanists, I again 

 restore this plant, which I had before considered a var. of F. duriuscida, 

 to the rank of a species. At the same time I must observe that its only 

 character exists in the creeping root. 



4. F. bromoides, L. (barren Fescue-grass); panicle secund ra- 

 cemed, florets shorter than the awn monandrous, culm above 

 leafless. E. Bot. t. 1411. 



Dry pastures and on walls ; less frequent in Scotland, but not rare 

 about Edin. Fl, June. © . ( ^ • Schrad.) — 6 — 8 inches high. Leaves 

 linear, setaceous, complicate. Cal.-valves very unequal, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, nerved, rough at the keel. Florets about 6 in each spikelet, 

 Ext. valve of cor. linear-lanceolate, scabrous, tapering into a straight 

 awn, thrice the length of the valve. 



5. F. Myurus, L. ( Wall Fescue-grass); panicle secund elon- 

 gated contracted, florets shorter than the awn monandrous, culm 

 leafy in its upper part. E. Bot. t. 1412. 



Walls and barren places ; frequent' in England, not common in Scot- 

 land. Fl. June. O Much resembling the last, but taller. 1 f. high. 



Leaves shorter, their sheaths longer, and springing even ft-ora the upper 

 part of the culm. Panicle often 4 — 5 inches in length. Cal.-valves and 

 florets narrow, rather more scabrous than in F. bromoides ; awns longer. 



6. F. uniglumis, Soland. (single-glumed Fescue-grass); panicle 

 a simple erect two-ranked subsecund raceme, one valve of the 

 calyx obsolete. E. Bot. t. 1430. 



On the sandy sea-coast, principally of Sussex. On the coasts of Es- 

 sex, Suffolk, Dorsetshire and Anglesea. Fl. June 0. (^ . Sm.) — This 

 plant is remarkable for the suppression of one of the valves of its cal., 

 by which the species is at once known. 



7. F. calamdria, Sm. (Reed Fescue-grass); panicle subsecund 

 much branched spreading nearly erect, spikelets oblong awnless 

 3 — 3-flowered, leaves linear-lanceolate. E. Bot. t. 1003. — 



