f)l)2 POACK.K. 



Hinooth or scubrid iibovo, 15-20 cm. loii;;, 4-(i mm. wido. I'uiiido 

 contnictcd tiflcr llowcrin^', H-IA-'^O cm. loii^', riiys mortlly in [m'wA, 

 tlio l()n;;i'st (i-K) cm. lon^', llower-bt'iiriiij:^ lor thnr-liltlirt of llio 

 upper part. SpikcleU liiioar-oldoiij;, ^Mvcii or tingiMl with piirph;, 

 U-1 l-l1o\verr(l, Iv'-IH mm. loii^'. joint of racliillii 1./) mm. Ion;;; 

 empty glumes liiiicoolutc, lirst 3 mm., second about 4 mm. Ion;;; 

 tlonil fjlunu' oblong, acute, Hubrid toward tbo tip, rarely awiied, 

 A-nerved, G-T tnm. long; j>alea linear before spreading, as long an 

 itri ghime, scabrid on the keels. 



Introduced from Europe; cultivated and very variable. See 

 Vol. I, Kig. 05, for a full account of ibis and subspecies onimli' 

 nacca, i""ig. 66, Vol. 1. 



Var. i'UATKNsis(Iluds.) Hack, ^fonog. Fest. Europ, l.".(i (ISS'.'). 

 F. jyrntensitt lluds. El. Augl. Ed. 1, 37 (176".'). S.mai,i,i;k Mkauow- 



KKSCl'K. 



I'anicle subsecuml, luirrower, simpler; rays sborter, very near 

 tbo above, into wbicb it i)asse3 imperceptibly. Eoun<l witb otlier 

 varieties and siibvariotiea in <'ultivation. Wlum tbo s]>ikelets aro 

 racemost! it is tlie form known as loliacen, 



14. F. fratercula liuin-. liuU. Acad. Hrux. {»: |»art )l, 3J0 (184:.'). 



A slender perennial, (!0-80 cm. bigli, glabrous tbrougbout ex- 

 cepting tbe spikelets. Sterile slioots few, witb leaves like tbose of 

 the culm. Sheaths shorter than tbe internodes; ligide a mere 

 fringe, slightly ol)li(pic; blades flat, 1*2-18 cm. long, 3-4.5 mm. 

 wide. Panicle slender, 15-;iO mm. long; rays single or tbe lower 

 in pairs, 10-15 cm. long, bearing l)l-'lO spikelets on tbo outer half 

 or third. Spikelets linear-lanceolate, 7-8 mm. long, IJ-llowered, lirst 

 glume subulate, 3 mm. long, 1-nerved, second oval, 6 mm. long, 

 3-nerved, subacute; floral glume membranous, scabrous, 6-7 mm. 

 long, 5-nerved, ovate-lanceolate, the awn 0.5-2 mm. long; palea 

 linear obtuse, 6.5 mm. long. Apex of ovary hairy. Somewhat 

 nearly allied to F. suhulnta. 



Arizona, Xcallei/ for V. S. Dept. Agricid. 177 in 1891. 



Dr. Vasey placed this under the above name "with much 

 doubt" I do the same. 



