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palea five-ribbed, hairy or velvety, taper-pointed, the central 

 Derve ending in a spur-like point. Inner palea with delicately 

 fringed marginal ribs, and a bifid apex. Rachilla cylindrical, 

 stout and hairy. (Fig. 93.) 



Fig. 100. Tuft of Festuca ovina, L. Tar. 

 vulgaris Koch. About J nat. size. 

 To the right are shown two panicles in 

 the viviparous condition. 



Fig. 101. Tuft of Festuca 

 ovina, L. var. tenuifolia 

 Sibthorp. About -| nat. 

 size. 



Festuca. All the British species of this genus have split 

 sheaths, more or less spreading panicles, 3 to 12 flowered spihelets, 

 and the outer palea terminates in an awn or awn-point (except in 

 F. ovina tenuifolia). 



Festuca elatior, L., sub-sp. arundinacea, Hackel. (Tall Fescue.) 

 (Fig. 94.) See also p. 147. Frequent throughout Britain. 



A deeply-rooted glabrous perennial, forming rather coarse 



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