122 63. J'estuca. 10. GRAMINE.^. Pl.end.ph, 



5. Festuca ccBs'ia. Grey fescue. 

 Panicle contracted, glaucous ; locustce roughish, bristled ; 



flowrels cylindrical; margin of the inner spathellule pu- 

 bescent; leaves compressed, channelled; ligula minute; 

 root fibrous. 



Festuca caesia, Engl. Bot. 191T. 



Dry barren heaths ; perennial; June. 



Roots in tufts; culm 9 in. high; naked above, sides con- 

 vex; leaves narrow, carinate, smooth, channelled ; pG7iic/e 

 ovate, very glaucous, tinged with purple; j?o«Te/5 4 or 5, 

 round ; awn straight ; gliimelle downy at the edge. 



b. Ligula very short j truncated, 2-eared; radical leaves 

 bristlelike ; stem leaves flat, Iroadj culm round. 



6. Festuca rubra. Red fescue. 

 Panicle facing one way, spreading, erect ; locustce oblong, 



elliptical, smooth, bristled, reddish ; bristle long ; leaves 

 glaucous, stem-leaves woolly above ; root creeping. 



Festuca rubra, Lin. S. P. 109. 



Alps and sea-coasts ; perennial ; July. 



Root creeping, jointed; ro^icoZ Zeaw? glaucous, upright, 

 smooth, stiff, bristlelike, angular; stem-leaves broader, 

 closely villose above ; cidm smooth ; locustce purplish, 



^. vivipara. Spikelet viviparous. 



7. Festuca glauca. Seagreen fescue. 

 Panicle compact, becoming loose and spreading, glau- 

 cous; locustce oblong, elliptical, 7 to 20-flowered, bristled; 

 bristle short ; leaves seagreen ; cidm stiff; root creeping. 



Festuca glauca, Winch Bot. Guide, 2, 1102, not of Lamarck. 

 Loose sands of the sea; perennial; June. 

 Root creeping; leaves narrow, involute, acute, in tufts; 

 culm reedlike, 12 in. high. 



8. Festuca Cambrica. Welsh fesme. 

 Panicle oblong, upright, branched; locustce ovate, smooth, 



bristled ; leaves glaucous; stein-leaves smooth; roots fibrous. 



Festuca Cambrica, lluih. Fl. Angl. 45. 

 Festuca rubra /3, Smilh FL Br. 116. 



Mountains of Wales ; perennial ; May, June. 



Root fibrous; culm 9 in. high, cylindrical, smooth; radical 

 leaves upright, channeled, acute; stem-leaves 2 or 3, acute, 

 f^mooth ; locustce 6 or 7-flowcrcd. 



