239] FLORA OF COLUMBIA AND VICINITY 97 



115. P. compressa L. English blue grass. 

 Lawns and roadsides; becoming frequent, 

 Europe and Asia, thence to North America. 



116. P. Ohapmaniana Scribn. [P. crista/a Chapm.']. 

 Roadsides. 



Kentucky and Tennessee to Missouri; Georgia and 

 Florida to Mississippi. 



64. GLYOERIA R. Br. [PANICULARIA Fabr.]. 

 Manna grass. 



117. G. fluitans (L.) R. Br. \P.fl11ita71s (L.) Kuntze]. 

 Shallow water in ponds and ditches; uncommon. 

 Newfoundland to British Columbia; North Carolina 



to California: Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. 



iiS. G. nervata (Willd.) Trin. \P. nervata (Willd.) 

 Kuntze]. Fowl meadow grass. 



Borders of streams and in wet meadows; common: a 

 form with very small spikelets is frequent. 



Newfoundland to British Columbia, south to Florida 

 and Mexico. 



55. FESTUCA L. Fescue grass 



119. F. ovina duriuscula (L.) Hack. Sheep's fescue. 

 Meadows and fields of the University farm. 



Europe, thence to North America. 



120. F. octoflora Walt. [F. tenella Willd.]. Small 

 fescue. 



Dry bluffs north of Grindstone creek; rare. 



Quebec to British Columbia; Florida to California. 



121. P. elatior L. Tall fescue. 



Low roadsides and half-wild meadows; common. 

 Europe, thence to North America. 



121 a. F. elatior pratensis (Huds.) Gray. Meadow 



FESCUE. 



Meadows and roadsides: a cultivated and more mesophy- 

 tic form. 



Range of the type. 



