418 . 97. GEAMINEJE. 



unilateral, plane-compressed. Spikelets closely placed. Bract 

 comblike.— Pastures. P. VHI. E. S. I. 



[C echindtus (L.) ; raceme contracted close ovate, awns about 

 as long as tbe pales.— ^, B. 1333. P. 28 & 129.— St. erect, 

 1 — 2 feet high. Bract comblike with long points, — Sandy places 

 in Guernsey and Jersey. A. VII,}! 



41. Dac'tylis Linn. Cock's-foot-grass. 



l.D. glomenita (L.) ; pan.-Wanches with ovate ' clusters of 

 spikelets, st. erect, 1, Imear flat with rough margins, root cses- 

 pitose.— -E B. 385. P. 29. — A coarse grass. Pan. -branches 

 long, spreading or divaricate with fl., afterwards adpressed, dis- 

 tant ; each bearing an oVate cluster of spikelets ; or wanting, 

 and the panicle of one cluster, — Meadows, P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



42. Fesiu'ca LiHti. Fescue-grass. 



* Boot-leaves very narrow. Ligule with round auricles. 

 A%ofi terminal. 



t Awn longer than the pale. Gl. very unequal. Vtjlpia. 



X XJsuiAly triandrcms. 



1. F. uniglumis (Sol,); uppermost sheath fai' distant from the 

 erect close 2-ranked simple panicle, fl, compressed keeled, gl. very 

 unequal ofteri only one, larger gl.' very long and very acute. — E. B. 

 1430. P. 112.— St. 6—12 in. high; erect, leafy nearly to the 

 top. Raceme close. Lowergl. usually scarcely distinguishable. 

 — Sandy sea-shores. A. Vt. ■ E. I. 



XX Usually monandro'as. 



2. F. sciur aides (Ro\h) ; uppermost sheath far distant from 

 the erect-patent oblong pan., lowermost pan.-braiich about equal- 

 ling ^ pan., fl. terete rough, gl. unequal as 2 to 1, larger gl. about 

 equalling lowest fl.ower. — F. bromoides Sm., F. B. 1411. — 

 Slender, 6 — 12 in. high. L. linear, involute. — Walls and sandy 

 places. A. ? VI, VK. E. S: I. 



3, F. ambig'ua (Le Gall); uppermost sheath very nearly reach- 

 ing to the long narrow erect close pan., lowest pan.-branch equal- 

 ling more than } of pan., fl. terete rough, gl. unequal as 3 — 6 to 

 1, larger gl. aboutequaUing^ of lowest flower. — F. B. S. 2970. — 

 Slender, 8 — 12 in. high. L. involute. — Sandy sea-shore. Isle 

 of Wight. A. V. VI. E. 



4, F. MyCtrus (L,) ; uppermost sheath reaching to or partly 

 covering the long narrow nodding interrupted pan., lowest pan.- 

 branch equalling ^ of pah., fl', terete rough, gl. umqzeal as 3 — 1; 



