32 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
especially in Tennessee, Missouri, and eastern Kansas. There are two 
agricultural varieties of this species. The taller form with larger 
more open panicle is distinguished as tall fescue. The form more 
Fic. 6.—Red fescue, Festuca rubra. Plant, <x 4; spikelet and floret, x 5. 
