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larger gl. about equalling |> lowest flower.— -B. B. 1412. V- 



pseudo-myuHis Soy.-WiU. — ^About a foot high, slender. '. Pan. 



very long and narrow. — Walls and sandy places. A. ? VI. VII. 



I ,, , E. S. r J. 



' t,t Triandrous. Awn shorter iban the pale. 



5. F. oiiina (L.) ; panv narrow sUbsBeund close with fr., spike- 

 letS-^6-fl., fl. mostly awned, I. all Setaceous, sheaths glabrous, 

 ccespitose. — E. B. 585. P. 56, 57. — Very variable. L. short, 

 Slightly curved, densely tufted. Fl. glabrous or hairy. Spikelets 

 sbiheti'mes changed into leafy shoots. F. vivipara'Srta.jF. B. 

 1355.— /3. F, tenuifolia ^Sibth.) ; 1. very long Setaceous, fl. awn- 

 less. — y. \F. durimcida (L.) ; pan. pyramidal, branches spread- 

 ing, lower sheaths downy, 1. filiform channelled, st.-l. broader. 

 St. and 1. stouter. Fries thinks that it ' is a distinct species.— 

 Dry hilly pasUures. ^. On mountains, y. Damper places. P. 

 VI. Sheep's Fescue-grass, " E. S. I. 



: 6. F. ryhra (L.) ; pan. broadish below subseound, spikelets 

 4r— lO-rfl,, 1. involute-setaceous, st.-l. flat, lowest sheaths hairy, 

 sohoUferous, soboles ending in erect shoots with di.stichous 

 leaves.—^. B. 2056. F. duriuscula P. 58—60, Sm. (in part). 

 — Very variable. Fl. shortly awned, glaJDrous, hairy or viUose. 

 L. variable in length and breadth and the'rfl. in size. — /3. F. are- 

 naria (Osb.) ; creeping extensively, l; all involute-setaceous, 

 pan. secund.^Common in dry sandy, rarely in wet places. jS. 

 Sandy sea-shores. P. VI. ' E. S. I. 



** jtoat-hateshroad andjflat. Liffuiejiift-auricled. AtenO, '. 

 or darsal. Schbdonohitjs Beauv. 



t Uppermost ligule prominent. Lower pale S-veined. 



7, F. syfoai'ic(i (Villi) ;j , pan. erect difiiise much-branched, 

 branches rough, spikelets of 3 — ^5 aimless acute Jl,, lower pale 

 rtiUgh,. dorsal rib serndate throughout, 1. 1 laneeolate-hnear' with 

 rough margins. — Poa P. 44 & 100. F. Calamaria Sm., .E B. 

 1005.-^Scarcely creejiing. ,, 8t<. 2 — 4 -feet high, cfivered at the 

 base with imbricate broad acute leafless sheaths, tufted. L. 

 very long, broad, roughJsh on both .Sides ; uppermost 1. smaller. 

 Lower pale very acute ; midrib extending nearly to the tip or 

 slightly beyond it. Ovary pilose at the' top. — /3. F. decidua (Sin.) • 

 1. narrower, fl. about 2. E. B. 2266. — Woods in mountainous 

 districts. P. WL,,,, , : ,■, , , E.S.I 



tt tJppermost ligule vei'y' short. Lower pale 5-veined. 

 ' "•' _. BtrcBTUM Parn. 



8. F. gigantia (Vill.) ; pan. drooping branched, spikelets of 

 about S "awned Jl., dotsalrib dflo^oei- pale Hbarly smooth not ex- 



