TRIAXDRIA DIGYXIA. Festuca. 27 



F. loUdcea. Darnel F. Spike two-ranked, drooping. 

 Spikelets nearly stalkless, distant, linear-oblong. Florets 

 cylindrical, awnless, pointed, with five sliglit ribs at the 

 top. E. B. 1821. C. 6. 9. 



Moist pastures, meadovjs. 



Per. June. 



Greatly resembles LoHuin perenne : distinguished from it by its 

 t«"0-valved calj'x, and paler hue : its seeds rarely ripened : a 

 good pasture grass, two feet high. SjJikelets alternate, lengthened 

 out. 



F. pratensis. Meadow F. Panicle nearly upright, 

 branched, spreading, pointing to one side. Spikelets 

 linear, compressed. Florets numerous, cylindrical, 

 obscurely ribbed. Nectary four-cleft. Root fibrous. 

 E. B. 1592. C. 6. 7. 



Pastures, meadows. 



Per. June. 



A hardy, early grass, affording a plentiful crop. C. Requires a 



rich soil. Linn. Fl. Suec. Two feet high. Upper leaves, 



rough on both sides. FL numerous. 



F. eldtior. Tall F. Panicle somewhat drooping, much 

 branched, spreading loosely every way. Spikelets egg- 

 spear-shaped. Florets numerous, cylindrical, some- 

 what awned, obscurely ribbed. Xectary four-cleft. Root 

 creeping. E. B. 159-3. C. 6. 8. 



Moist meadovcs, hanks of rivers. 



Per. June. 



From three to nearly five feet high. Ls. t\\"ice the size of F. pra- 

 tensis : its panicle much more branched, and drooping. Spike- 

 lets egg-shaped, acute, less compressed. Ls. rough on the 

 margin. A nutritious grass for marshland hay. 



F. syhdtica. Slender JVood F. Spike simple, droop- 

 ing. Spikelets alternate, stalkless, nearly cylindrical, 

 turned to one side. Awns longer than their glumes. 

 Leaves hairy. Root fibrous. Bromus sylvaticus. E. 

 B. 729. 



Dry copses, thickets. 



Per. July. 



A Festuca, as the beards arise from the extremity- of the glumes : 

 ver\- slender, bright green. Referred to Festuca from its per- 

 fectly loose seed. Sm. 



F. pinndta. Spiked Heath F. Spike simple, erect, 

 two-ranked. Spikelets alternate, somewhat stalkless ; 



