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42. Fesiu'ca Linn. Fesoue-grass. 



* Jioot-kaves very narrow. LiguU loith round auricles. 

 Awn terminal. 



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

 t Usually triandrous. 



1. F.unigUm,is{Qo\.)\ uppermost sheath, far distant from the 

 erect close 2-ranked sjm/)fe^a»jcZe, fl. compressed keeled, (/i. very 

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

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

 top. Panicle close, short. Lower gl. usually scarcely di- 

 stinguishable. Upper gl. setigerous nearly equalling 1st fl. on 

 same side. — Sandy sea-shores. A. VI. E. 1. 



XX Usually monandrous. 



2. F. sciuroides (Roth) ; uppermost sheath far distant from 

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

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

 equalling lowest flower. — F. broino'ides Sm., F, B. 1411. — 

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

 places. A. .P VI. VII. E. S. L 



S. F. ambiy'ua (Le GaU); uppermost sheath very nearly reach- 

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

 ling more than -j of pan., fl. terete rough, yl. unequal as 3 — 6 to 

 1, larger gl. about equalling J of lowest flower. — F.B. iS. 2970. — 

 Slender, 8 — 12 in. high. L. involute. — Sandy places. Isle of 

 Wight. Dorset. Sufiblk. A. V. VI. E. 



4. F. Myurus (L.) ; uppermost sheath i-eaching to or partly 

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

 branch equalling J of pan., fl. terete rough, yl. unequal as 3 to 1, 

 larger gL about equalling J lowest flower. — E. B. 1412. F. 

 pseudo-myurus (Soy .-Will.). — About a foot high, slender. Pan. 

 very long and narrow. — Walls and sandy places, rare. A. ? 

 VI. VII." E. S. ? I. 



tt Triandrous. Awn shorter than the piale. 



5. F. onina (L.) ; pan. narrow subsecund close with fr., spike- 

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

 ceespitose. — F. B. 585. P. 66, 57. — Very variable. L. short, 

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

 sometimes changed into leafy shoots. — /3. F. tenuifolia (Sihth.) ; 

 1. very Ion" setaceous, fl. awnless. — y. F. duriuscula (L.) ; pan. 



