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FESTUCA PRATENSIS. 



HUDSON. HOOKER AND ARNOTT. J. E. SMITH. KOCH. GREVILLE. 



KUNTH. CURTIS. MARTYN. KNAPP. SCHRADER. 

 RELHAN. ABBOT. BABINGTON. RALFS. MACREIGHT. DEAKIN. 



PLATE XLV. 



Festuca loliacea, SMITH. HOOKER. GREVILLE. KOCH. 



" elatior, LINNJEUS. HOST. SCHREBER. LEERS. 



" " EHRHART. WITHERING. 



" fluitans, var., HUDSON. 



Bucetum loliaceum, PARNELL. 



" pratense, PARNELL. 



Schedonorus pratensis, LINDLEY. 



The Meadow Fescue Grass. 

 Festuca ? Pratensis Meadow. 



FESTUCA. Linnceus. The derivation of this word is dubious. It is a 

 genus containing seven species according to Sir W. Hooker, but less in 

 number according to Parnell, who separates several species under the name 

 of Bucetum. The Grasses in Festuca have a loose panicle with many flowered 

 spikelets, which are laterally compressed. Some of the species differ con- 

 siderably from each other, as will be seen by reference to the figures and 

 descriptions. 



A VALUABLE Grass for agricultural purposes, growing on almost 

 ~L\- any soil, yielding a rich tender succulent hay, and being much 

 liked by cattle. 



Common throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, France, 

 Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Lapland, and the United 

 States. 



Stem upright, circular, smooth, and striated, bearing four or five 



