FESTUCK.K. 01.") 



Very nearly iillied to /*. ('(difor)ilcitni, into wliioli, porhups, it 

 passes. 



;}. P. Sabinii 1{. Hr. Parry's First \'oy, Suj)])l. '^S!), (orr. typ. 



Culms orecl, siiwotli, simi)l(', 0-15 ciii. liij^li. SlieiUhs sliji^lilly 

 compressed, closed iilinost to the apex; li;^'ule very short; hluth-s 

 of tile culiii Hat, sniootli, ',l-\ iiiiii. wide, the upper i)Jy-l em. 

 loiif^, tliosc of liu' sterile shoots louj^cr and narrower, liaciiis 

 h-H ('m.lon<;, p('(li('els of spil\elets hut little loiij^er than the empty 

 ^dimu's, re(Mirve<l. S[)ikelets sultturete, droopiiij;, .')-H mm. loii^f, 

 l}-l()-llowered ; empty jjfliinu'S l-;5 mm. loiij,', the llrstovate, acute, the 

 second ohovatc, ol)tuse,ii litlh; the longer and hroadi-r; iloral ;j^lume 

 ohovate-ohloiij;, al>out 4 i.im. loni,^ r)-nerve(i, clothed with very line 

 apjtressed puhesctence, the upper half white, scarious; palea ciliate 

 on the keels, deeply enuir^inate, as Ion*,' as it.s <,dume. 'i'lu're are 

 two varieties. 



Mi'lville Island, r. S. Dvpl. A(/rind. from the Uritish Museum. 

 Oidy a fraf^meutary speciiiuMi was examined scunewhat su|>erlicially. 



no. ('MO). Uniola L. Sp. IM. 71 (i:r.:{). Trisin/n UnWu. in 

 FI. Ludov. 144 (1817). Cliasnuinlhiuin Link, jlort. lierol. 1: 15!) 

 (lH;w>T). 



Spikehits <'losely ;)-~0-llowere(l, very Hat with tliin ed^r,.s, one or 

 more of tlu^ k>west neutral or eonsistinf,' only <»f an empty j,dume, 

 rachilla artieulat(! between the florets. Kmpty ;j;hnnes lanceolate, 

 eompressed-kceled, rii^id, numy-nerved, awnless; Iloral ^lumo 

 lonjrer, usually acute or pointeil, ttjitire; palea rather lirm. with 

 two narrowly winj^ed keels. Stamens)?, (irain ohlonir, <'om pressed, 

 loosely enclosed, hut not adherent. 



Ere(!t tufti'd smooth perennials from creepinif rootstocks, with 

 blades Hat or involute. Paidcle loose or s|»ikelike. There are live 

 or six s[)ecies known, all belonj^dn;; to .North America, and one 

 extending' into South America; all with broiid, Hat spikelcts in 

 which th(> !]-() lower glumes arc empty, in size and shape i^radually 

 passin;^ into the Horal ones. 



A. Spikelcts "i-'.\ cm. long (a) 



a. Km[>ty glumes thin ' L 



