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Sromus giganteus. Tall Brome-grass. Flo. Ger. 362* Curt. T 

 Host. t,Q, * ' 



Festuca gigantea. Tall Fescue. Engl. Bot. t. 1820. 

 . Specific character: Panicle nodding at top; spikets spear-shaped, comoressed noto^l. 



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imbricated; awns somewhat flexuose, longer than the husks; leaves naked. 



orets 



Obs. 



smooth^ 



Leaves sword-shaped, acute, a foot and a half long, apex nodding. Sheath roundisli 

 ated smooth, or a little rough, mostly tinged with purple at the base. Sheath-scale sli 

 truncated, cartilaginous, of a brown or russet colour. Outer husk of the corolla lance 1 



above 



e nerve, 



at the top ; between the clefts issues the awn, which is a continuation of the middl 



as in the different species of Fescue, to which it is evidently as much, if not nearer allied 



than to the Bromes. 



Native of Britain. Root perennial. 



Experiments.— At the time of flowering, the produce from a ri^h siliceous sandy soil, is. 



dr. qr. 



- 435600 



lbs. 



27225 



■ 17015 10 



1063 7 



I 

 r 



I 



381150 



Grass, 40 oz. The produce per acre 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 

 The produce of the space, ditto 



At the time the seed is ripe, the produce is. 

 Grass, 35 oz. The produce per acre 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 

 The produce of the space, ditto 



This species is confined to woods in its natural state; but it continues in the soil, and ap- 



a coarse grass, and but 





23821 14 



4 



$ 1 



- 13399 11 



837 7 11 



pears to thrive equally well when cultivated in open situations. It is 



Wood 



eaten by birds; and this appears to be the chief use of the plant, its large structure being, appa- 

 rently, intended to enable it to perfect its seed among bushes, where it would be otherwise 

 choked up. 'I 



July. 



npens 



1 



4 



1 



