^, ' FestucaJ] cvii. gramine^. 557 





e 





inder, 

 beau- 



eous 

 date, 

 ating 



[d 



'* Boot-leaves very narrow, not broader than those of the culm. Awn of 



the floret termiyial, • 



^^fte + Florets monandrous, shorter than their awns. Glumes very unequal. 



Vulpia, 



(single 



ously erect two-ranked subsecund raceme, lower glume very minute, 



\ florets not ciliated. E. B. t. 1430 : Parn. Gr. t. 112, 



r 



On the sandy sea-coast, principally of Sussex. On the coasts of 



2^\ Essex, Suffolk, Dorsetshire, and Anglesea. 0. 6. — A plant re- 



iparkable for the minuteness and apparent suppression of one of its 



')f^\^ ylumesj by which the species is at once known. 



ftlve 2. F. bromoides L. (barren F.) ; panicle secund, glumes very 



^lucli unequal the upper one as long as the lowermost contiguous 



mi floret, florets not ciliated scabrous towards the summit. — -a, 



tviied flowering panicle erect-patent, culm above leafless. F, B, t. 



med 1411 : Parn, Gr. tt. 54, 55. — /3. panicle drooping at the end, 



Ike. culm sheathed and leafy to near the panicle. Parn. Gr. t. 111. 



j], F. Myurus Srn. (not L.): E. B. t. 1412, F. pseudo-myurus 



'^Qg' Koch. 



Dry pastures and on walls, less frequent in Scotland, but not rare 



about Edinburgh. — j3. frequent in England; rare in Scotland, as at 



Forfar. 0. 6. — Culms 6 — 12 inches high. Leaves linear, seta- 



. -T ceous, complicate. Glumes very unequal, lanceolate, acuminate, 



^ . rough at the keel ; lower one sometimes minute, occasionally half as 



long as the upper, usually about a third of its length, 1 -nerved; 

 upper 3-nerved, and scarcely ever shorter than the lowest floret (ex- 

 clusive of its awn) on the same side. Lower glumella scabrous 

 »"^^ I towards the point. Awn often twice as long as its floret. In F, 



Myurus L. (Parn, Gr. t. 55.) the upper glume is only half as long 

 as the lowermost contiguous floret, and the florets are tubercular- 



333: I scabrous on the back above the middle. 



f *[* Florets triandrous longer than their awns. 



rns?f f . 3. F. ovina L. (Sheej/s F.) ; panicle subsecund subcoarc- 



tate, spikelets oblong of about 4 — 7 florets with short awns, 

 leaves flat or involute-setaceous, ligule 2-lobed. — a. culms short 

 somewhat 4-angled and scabrous-pubescent below the small 

 panicle, leaves involute-setaceous, root fibrous tufted. E. B. 

 e OM t. 585 : Parn. Gr. tt. 56, 57. F. vivipara Srn.: E. B. t. 1355. 



0^ F. cassia Sm.: E. B. t. 1917. F. tenuifolia >Szi^//.—/3. culms 



tli^^ taller many-angled and somewhat glabrous below the broader 



^'^j I panicle, leaves of the culm often flat but afterwards usually 



^f \ \ involute, root tufted or slightly creeping. F. duriuscula Z. : 



jiit! 1 E,B. t. 470 : Parn. Gr. tt. 58, 59, 60.— y. culms usually tall 



,#' |i many-angled and glabrous below the often broadlsh panicle, 



W I leaves of the culm flat at lengtb sometimes involute, root 



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