86. GRAMINA. 323 



or " loliacea." As yet, the application of the two names 

 " elatior " and " pratensis " is variable and hardly better 

 than conventional, if we attempt to sejparate the smaller 

 states of F, elatior from the larger states of F. pratensis. 

 Nevertheless, I believe that there are at least two real 

 species here ; and that in contrasting the large states of 

 the one with the large states of the other, — the smaU 

 states of the one with the small states of the other, suffi- 

 cient distinctions may usually be found. F. elatior (in- 

 cluding arundinacea) is a decidedly larger grass, much 

 harsher to the touch, with more ovate spikelets, closer 

 flowers, longer awns, and other characters to assist in 

 the diagnosis, wliich may be seen described in Babington's 

 Manual, thii'd edition. 



1347. Festuca pratensis, Huds. 

 1347, b. Festuca loliacea, Huds. 



Area 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 * 13 14 15 16 17 18. 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Orkney, ? 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 75. 



Latitude 50 — 60. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 200 yards, or upwards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 45. 



Native. Pratal. The uncertainties which attend the 

 distinction between this and the preceding species, F. 

 elatior or arundinacea, have been mentioned under the 

 latter. There still remains a sort of question about the 

 specific identity or distinctness of F. pratensis and F. 



