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by its long narrow spikelike pan. and narrower spikelets. — Walls 

 and sandy places. A. ? VI. VII. 



tt Triandrous. Awn shorter than the pale. 



4. F. ovina (L.) ; pan. narrow subsecund close with fi-., spike- 

 lets 4 — 6-fl., fl. mostly awned, I. all setaceous, sheaths glabrous, 

 csespitose. — E. B. 684. P. 66, 67. — Very variable. L. short, 

 sUghtly carved, densely tufted. Fl. glabrous or hairy. Spikelets 

 sometimes changed into leafy shoots. F. vivipara Sm., E. B. 

 1355. — ;8. F. tenuifolia (Sibth.) ; 1. very long setaceous, fl. awn- 

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

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

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

 Dry hilly pastures. i3. On mountains, y. Damper places. P. 

 VI. Sheep's Fescue-grass. 



5. P. rubra (L.) ; pan. broadish below subsecund, spikelets 

 4 — 10-fl., 1. involute- setaceous, st.-l. flat, lowest sheaths hairy, 

 stoloniferous, stoles ending in erect shoots with distichous leaves. 

 —E. B. 2066. F. duriuscula P. 68, 69, 60, Sm. (in part). — 

 Very variable. Always stoloniferous. St.-l. rarely {F. sabulicola 

 Duf.) involute -setaceous. Fl. shortly awned, glabrous, hairy or 

 villose. L. variable in length and breadth and the fl. in size. 

 — Common in dry sandy, rarely in wet places. P. VI. 



** Root-leaves broad and flat. Ligule not auricled. Awn 0, 

 or dorsal. Schedonorus, Beauv. 



t Uppermost ligule prominent. Lower pale 3-veined. 



6. F. sylvatica (Vill.) ; pan. erect difliise much-branched, 

 branches rough, spikelets of 3 — 6 awnless acute fl., lower pale 

 scabrous, dorsal rib serrulate throughout, 1. lanceolate-linear with 

 scabrous margins. — Poa P. 44 and 100. F. Calamaria Sm., 

 E. B. 1005. — Scarcely creeping.- St. 2 — 4 feet high, covered at 

 the base with imbricated broad acute leafless sheaths, tufted. L. 

 very long, broad, roughish 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.— 13. F. decidua (Sm.); 

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

 districts. P. VII. 



tt Uppermost ligule very short. Lower pale 5-veined. 

 BuoETUM Parn. 



7. F. gigantea (yiW..) ; pan. drooping branched, spikelets of 

 about 6 avmed fl., dorsal rib of lower pale nearly smooth not 

 extending to the tip but ending in a scabrous awn twice as long 

 as the pale, 1. hnear-lanceolate.— £. B. 1820. P. 47.— St. 3—4 



