142 TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Festuca. 



F. repens, a variety of duriuscula. Knapp t. 119. 



F. duriuscula |8. Hook. Scot. 38. 



Gramen alpinuni pratense^ panicula duriore laxi spadicea, locustis 



majoribus. Scheuchz. Agr. 287. t. 6.f. 9. 

 /S. Festuca canibrica. Huds. 45. TVith. 155. 

 y. F. glabra. Lighlf. 1085, Huds. 648. 

 S. F. glauca. Winch Guide, v. 2. pref. 2. 



In mountainous pastures^ and on alpine precipices, as w€ll as on 

 the sandy sea coast, in many parts of England. 



/3. On the ledges of Clogwin y Garnedth, the highest rock of 

 Snowdon. Herb. Banks. 



y. At Ardbiglen in Galloway. Herb. Lighff. 



Perennial. Juhj. 



The creeping root, which on the sea coast often extends to many 

 feet, or even yards, in length, may surely be depended on as the 

 specific character of this species. At least such is the opinion of 

 Professor Schrader, confirmed by the long practical experience 

 of Mr. Sinclair, The leaves also, at least the upper ones, are 

 broader 5 and yet rather involute than, at any time, compressed. 

 Their upper side is furrowed and downy ; the under smooth. 

 Panicle often a little glaucous, but I can find no distinctive cha- 

 racters in the fructification, except the notched nectaries, as 

 drawn by Mr. Sowerby, should be constant. The downiness of 

 th^ Jlorets varies, as in F. duriuscula. 



5. F. bro??ioides. Barren Fescue-grass. 



Panicle nearly erect, racemose. Florets tapering, shorter 

 than their awns, rough at the top. Leaves tapering, 

 shorter than their sheaths. Upper half of the stem naked, 



F. bromoides. Linn. Sp. PI. 1 1 0. IVilld. w. 1 . 4 1 8. Fl. Br. 1 1 7. 

 Engl.Bot. V. 20. 1. 141 1. Knapp t. 69. Pel. Rudb. 17. /.3. Hook. 

 Scot. 39. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 325. Ehrh. Calam. 6. 



Gramen paniculatum bromoides minus, paniculis aristatis, unam 

 partem spectantibus. RaiiSyn. 415. Pluk. Phyt. t.33.f. 10. 



G. bromoides, panicula heteromalla longioribus aristis donata. 

 Scheuchz. Agr. 290. t.6.f. iO j according to specimens sent by 

 the author to Sherard, now at Oxford. 



On walls, and barren sandy ground. 



Annual ; some say biennial. June. 



A pale, smooth, slender, insignificant grass, of short duration, at 

 least after flowering. Root of many small brown fibres. Steins 

 several, 4 — 12 inches high, bent at some of the lowest joints ; 

 leafy about the lower part ; naked, erect, angular, and very 

 smooth above. Leaves narrow, tapering, sometimes hairy on the 

 upper side, often involute ; the upper ones much shorter than 

 their angular, furrowed, lax sheaths, Stipula very minute. Pani- 



