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4-flowered, 2-21 lines long. Glumes acute, scabrous, and usually pubescent. 

 Grain adnate to the pale. 



Comnion on coasts ; also Victoria, Soutb Australia, West Australia, and North 

 Australia. 



3. P. SAXICOLA, R. Br. Glabrous, creeping at the base. Leaves few, flat 

 dispersed, nearly as long as the stems. Stems l-lf foot, Panicle loose, linear, 

 about 2-3 inches long. Spikelets 3-4-flowered, about 2 lines long. 



On most mountain summits. 



4. P. ANNUA, Linn. Small, tufted. Leaves flat, flaccid, bright green. Stems 

 about 6 inches. Panicle loose, spreading. Spikelets few-flowered, about 2 lines. 

 Glumes obtuse, the margins more scarious than in other species. 



Introduced. Very common in the Northern Hemisphere. 



5. P. COMPEESSA, Linn. Creeping at the base. The stems erect, flat, about 

 1 foot. Leaves dispersed, rather short, flat. Panicle erect, rather close, 2-3 

 inches long. Spikelets 4-6-flowered, about 2 lines long. 



Introduced. Common in northern temperate parts. 



6. P. EiGiDA, Linn. A tufted annual, from 3-9 inches. Leaves nearly or quite 

 as long as the stems, flat, but very narrow. Panicle linear, rigid, one-sided. 

 Spikelets nearly sessile, erect, many-flowered, 3-5 lines long. 



Introduced. Common in Europe and Western Asia. 



7. P. PEATENSis, Linn. Creeping and stoloniferous, with erect stems, 1-2 feet 

 high. Leaves narrow, with short obtuse ligules. Panicle 3-4 inches long, rather 

 loose and spreading. Spikelets oblong, usually 4-flowered, about 2 lines long. 

 Glumes broad, lateral nerves faint. 



Introduced. Very common in the Northern Hemisphere. 



8. P. TRiviALls, Linn. Very similar to the last, but not creeping. Stems 

 taller and more slender. Leaves similar, but the ligule longer and rather acute. 

 Panicle usually 6 inches long, more branched, with more numerous spikelets. 

 Spikelets about 1| line long, 2-3-flowered. Flowering glumes acute, lateral 

 nerves distinct. 



Introduced. Common in the Northern Hemisphere. 



39. SCHED0N0EU8. 



Spikelet several-flowered, rather flat, J-| inch. Glumes not prominently 

 keeled, often rounded, and conspicuously 5-nerved, unawned, usually obtuse. 

 Grain free 



The genus occurs in temperate parts of both Hemispheres. It is closely allied 

 to Festuca. 



Panicle erect, rather rigid ... ... ... ... 1. S. littorulis. 



Panicle loose, spreading ... ... ... ... 2. <Si. hookerianus. 



1. S. LiTXOEALis, Beauv. Tufted, erect, pale, and rigid. Leaves involute, 

 terete, rigid, 1 -2 feet long. Stems about as long as the leaves. Panicle 3-6 

 inches long, linear, ratter dense. Festuca littoralis, Lab. 



Very common on coasts ; also South Australia, Victoria, aud New South 

 Wales. Distributed widely in both Hemispheres. 



2. S. H00KEB.1ANUS, B. Tufted and tall. Leaves flat, usually 2-3 feet. Stems 

 exceeding the leaves. Panicle 6-8 inches, with slender, distant, spreading 

 branches. Spikelets not numerous, few-flowered. Glumes rather dark, acute. 

 Festuca hookeriana, F. v. M. 



South Esk and Meander Rivers ; also Victoria and New South Wales. 



