228 NATIVE FOE AGE PLANTS 



all over ; awn only one-third the length of the lance oblong flower. 

 Dry ground, scattered in the woods. Ought to be tried how it does 

 under cultivation. 



BROMUS CILIATUS, ^--(Ciliated Broom Grass). 



Has a compound panicle, loose nodding, spikelets seven to twelve 

 flowered, flowers tipped with awns less than their length, leaves large. 

 Culms three to four feet high. Grows in old fields. Worthless. 



PESTUCA, Linn--(.Fescwe Grass). 



A spikelet of F. elatior enlarged (1); as i * : r' 

 flower (2); lower part of a lower palet outspread, 

 (3). 



Spikelets 3 ; many flowered, panicled or race- 

 mose ; the flowers not webby at the base. Glumes 

 unequal, mostly keeled. Palets chartaceous, or 

 almost coriaceous, roundish on the back, more or 

 less 3-5 nerved, acute pointed, or often bristle- 

 awned from the tip, rarely blunt ; the upper most- 

 ly adhering at maturity at the enclosed grain. Stamens 1-3, flowers and 

 leaves often dry and harsh 



PESTUCA MYURUS, L, and FUSTUCA TENELLA, Willd. 



Are both annuals, growing single, flowers awned, paniclef contracted. 

 They appear early and make good sheep pasture. 



PESTUCA ELATIOR, L-(!Ta Fescue Grass). 



Perennial, growing in wet grass lands ; panicle narrow, contracted 

 before and after flowering, erect, with short branches ; spikelets crowd- 

 ed 5-10 flowered ; flowers rather remote, oblong, lanceolate. 



PESTUCA NUTANS, WHld-(Nodding Fescue Grass.). 



Perennial ; 2-4 feet high, growing in copses. Panicle of several long 

 and slender, spreading branches, mostly in pairs, drooping when old, 

 rough, naked below the spikelets, on pretty long pedicels. It is a strong 

 looking grass. It never grows gregarious. Both these species are eat- 

 en by cattle and are of medium quality. 



PESTUCA OVINA, Ir~-(Hard Fescue Grass.) 



Is a low growing perennial, with a contracted one-sided panicle, 

 grows gregarious, often covering extensive patches. Excellent for 

 sheep; flowers in May The Fescues have been described in "pasture 

 grasses. " 



