440 98. GKAMINE^. 



pyramidal, branches spreading, 1. filiform channelled, st.-l. 

 broader. St. and 1. stouter. Fries thought it distinct. — Dry- 

 hilly pastures. /3. On mountains, y. Damper places. P. VI. 

 Sheep s Fescue-grass. E. S. I. 



6. F. riibra (L.) ; pan. broadish below subsecund, spikelets 

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

 soboUferous. — F. duriuscula Sm. (in part), E. B. 470, P. 58 — 60. 

 — Very variable. Fl. shortly awned, glabrous, hairy or viUoae. 

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

 but csespitose. — Common in dry sandy, rarely in wet places. 

 P. VI. E.S.I. 



7. F. orm-ia (Dum.) ^ ; pan. secund, spikeleta 4 — 10-fl., 1. aU 

 involute-setaceous, lowest sheaths hairy, far creeping not Cfes- 

 pitose. F. rubra Sm., F. B. 2058. — Near F. rubra, but mode of 

 growth very different. — Sandy sea-shores. P. VI. E. S. 



** Boot-leaves broad andflai. LiguU not auricled. Awn 0, 

 or dorsal. ScHBDONoaus Beauv. 



t Uppermost ligule prominent. Lower pale 3-veined. 



8. F. sylvat'ica (Vill.) ; pan. erect diffuse much-branched, 

 branches rough, spikelets of 3 — 4 awnless acute fl., lower pale 

 rough, dorsal rib serrulate throughoid, 1. lanceolate-linear with 

 rough margins. — Poa P. i4 & iOO. F. Calamaria Sm., E. B. 

 1005. — Scarcely creeping. St. 2 — ,4 feet high, covered at the 

 base with imbricate 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. — j3. F. decidua (Sm); 

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

 districts. P. VII. E. S. I. 



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

 BtrcETUM Parn. 



9. F. gigantea (Vill.) ; pan. open drooping branched, spikelets 

 of about 5 awnedjfl., dorsal rib of lower pale nearly smooth not ex- 

 tending to the tip but ending in a rough awn twice as long as the 

 pale, 1. linear-lanceolate. — E. B. 1820. P. 47. — St. .3 — 4 feet 

 high. L. very long, broad, roughish on both sides, except near 

 the base on the underside. Ligule unequal, auricled. Lower 

 pale roughish, membranous, often bifid at the tip. Top of the 



1 F. oraria Dum. Agr. Belg. 105 (1823), F-sahulicoWDnt^lSiS), 

 F. arenaria Godr. (1855, not Osb.). See Bull. Belg. vii. 367. 



