FESTUCA OVINA. 



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FESTUCA OVINA. 



LINNAEUS. HOOKER AND ARNOTT. SMITH. PARNELL. 



KOCH. LINDLEY. GREVILLE. WILLDENOW. MARTYN. KNAPP. HOST. 



SCHRADER. LEERS. EHRHART. BABINGTON. KUNTH. 



MACREIGHT. DEAKIN. 



PLATE L. B. 



Festuca mmpara, 

 " hirsuta, 

 " cassia, 

 " tenuifolia, 

 " duriuscula, 



" rubra, 

 t< 



" heterophylla, 



" nemorum, 



" dtimetorum, 



SMITH. KNAPP. DON. SINCLAIR. 



HOST. 



SMITH. 



SIBTHORP. SCHRADER. 



LINN^US. SMITH. PARNELL. 



VlLLARS. WiLLDENOW. KNAPP. 



SCHRADER. HOST. LEERS. 

 DEAKIN. FRIES. SINCLAIR. 

 LINNAEUS. SMITH. 

 WITHERING. DEAKIN. 

 HCENKE. WILLDENOW. 

 LEYSSER. ROTH. SCHRADER. 

 SMITH. LINNAEUS. WILLDENOW. 

 OEDER. SINCLAIR. 



7 he Sheep" 1 s Fescue Grass. 



Festuca . . . ? 



Ovina Sheep. 



present species is very subject to variety, and indeed some 

 -*- authors have divided Festuca ovina and varieties into several dis- 

 tinct species. 



Common throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. Native of 

 Lapland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Iceland, North America, Switzer- 

 land, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Siberia, and Greenland. 



Stem angular and rough; erect, carrying three or four involute 



