PL end. ph. 10. GRAMINE^. 60. Schedon. lis 



3. Schedononis elatior. Tall schedonorus. 

 Panicle rather diffuse, drooping, very much branched ; 



tociLstcB ovate, lanceolate, acute; y/o/6're^^ cylindrical, scarcely 

 ribbed ; leaves linear, lanceolate ; root rather creeping. 



Gramen pratense q. Gramen pauiculatum nemorosum, latiore folio 

 {labrum, panicula nutante non aristata, Dillen in Rati Syn. 411, 15, 

 Festuca elatior, J in. S. P. 111. 

 Festuca arundinacea, Schreb. Spicil. 37. 

 Festuca spadicea, Moench. M&tli. 190. 

 Bromus littoreus, Wil'd. Sp. PI. 433. 

 Bromus arundinaceus, Eotk Germ. 2, 141. 

 Aveiia secnnda, Salisb. Prod. 21. 



Damp fields ; perennial ; June, July. 



Ciilm 4 feet high, smooth; leaves broad, ribbed, smooth; 

 panicle becoming slightly erect; lociisiOE very numerous, 

 ovate, acute, slightly flattened. 



4. Schedonorus sylvaticus. , Wood schedonorus. 

 Panicle facing one way, upright, very much branched, 



becoming contracted ; locusicE oblong; glumes much shorter 

 than the glumelles ; outer spathellule 3-ribbed; leaves ensi- 

 form ; root fibrous. 



Festuca sylvatica, Villars Dauph. 2, 105. 

 Festuca calamaria, Smith Fl. Brit. 121. 

 Poa trinervata, Koel Gram. 171. 

 Poa sylvatica, Pollicli 1, 83. 



Hilly woods ; perennial ; July. 



Roots in tufts ,• culm erect, 3 feet high, very smooth j 

 joints purple ; leaves ^dit, upright; sheaths cylindrical, hairy; 

 ligula very short ; panicle small, manyflowered ; locustcs 

 small, whitish green or purplish. 



5. Schedonorus deciduus. Falling schedonorus. 



Panicle facing one way, erect, very much branched, be- 

 coming contracted ; locustce 2 or 3-flowered, oblong ; outer 

 spathellule 3-ribbed ; leaves linear, streaked. 



Festuca decidua, Eng. Bot. 32, 2266. 



Mountain woods ; perennial ; August. 

 Plant small and slender; leaves acute; panicle many- 

 flowered; locustce small, purplish; upper Jlowrets falling off". 



XX. 61. ZERNA. Panzer. Drank. 



Glumes 3 to 6-flowered, flowrets 2-rowed, imbricate; 

 spalhelles alternate, linear, lanceolate, acute; lower short, 

 1-ribbed; upper large, 5, 7, or 9-ribbed, tip bristled; 

 glumelle bristled; lower spathellule linear, convolute, 3 to 



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