26 TRIANDRIA DIGYMA. Festuca. 



var. ^. is ovina, with awnless florets ; found on Bullingdon Green. 

 Sb. 



F. duriiiscula. Hard F. Panicle leaning one way, 

 spreading. Florets longer than their awns. Stem 

 round. Upper leaves flat. Root fibrous. E. B. 470. 

 Still, f. C. Gr. f. 



Pastures, dry meadotvs, ivaste ground, thickets. 



Per. June. 



Root and stem Is. bristle-shaped, generally tudce or thrice the size 



of ovina. Spikelets become flattened, by the expansion of the 



glumes. 



Yields a good and early crop, acceptable to all kinds of cattle. 

 Swayne. 



F. hromoides. Brome F. Panicle nearly erect, race- 

 mose. Florets tapering, shorter than their a^vns, 

 rough at the top. Leaves tapering, shorter than their 

 sheaths. Upper half of the stem naked. E. B. 1411. 



Walls, dry pastures. 



An. June. B. ? 



A pale, smooth, slender, insignificant grass. Ls. light green. 



C'aly.v-valves, one entire, the other tapering to an a^^Tilike point. 



Differs from F. Myurus by its sub-spiked panicle, and unfriaged 



glumes. Linn. 



F. Myurus. TVall F. Panicle drooping, lengthened 

 out, spike-like, pointing one way. Florets tapering, 

 shorter than their a\\Tis, rough at the top. Leaves 

 awl-shaped. Stem leafy to the summit. E. B. 1412. 



Walls, barren sandy ground. 



An. May. B? 



More frequent than F. bromoides. Its long, silky panicles wave 

 with ever)' breath of wind. Its panicle much longer, and more 

 slender than that of F. bromoides, and somewhat drooping. 



F. gigantea. Tall F, Panicle large, branched, droop- 

 ing, twice compound, spreading. Florets from three to 

 six, egg-spear-shaped, shorter than their a\\Tis. Sti- 

 pula abrupt, eared, clasping the stem. E. B. 1820. 

 Bromus giganteus. C. 5. 7« Sb. 48. 



Woods, hedges. 



Per. July. 



Habit of a Bromus — placed among Festucas from the absence of 

 fringe to the inner valve of cor. H. This is easily mistaken 

 for Bromus asper, which is rough, and hairy : in F. gigantea, 

 leaves and stem, bright glossy green, smooth. Slip, bright 

 purple and cloven. Ls. a finger's breadth. 



