S8o gra^ii'ne.b 



5. S. r«/'o7;7.>' (Procu II iljeiit Manna-grass). — Tuflcd, decumbent, 

 3 — y in. high, stiff; Ifiives flat, glaucous, with inflated sheaths; 

 pauu'tc i-sidcd, 1 — 2 in. l;igh, compact, \\ith sliorl, stout, ascend- 

 ing, rigid, distichous branches ; spikelets small^ crowded, nearly 

 sessile, about 4-flowered ; flowermg glumes 3*^5, 5-ribbed. apiculate. 

 — .Salt marshes ; uncommon. — Fl. June — August. Annual. 



6. S. rigtda (Hard Manna-grass). — A tufted, stiff, glabrous^ 

 often purple plant, 4 — 6 in. higli ; panicle about 2 in. long, witfi 

 distichous branches, a broadly channelled facliis. and 3 — 5 spike- 

 lets, which are about 3 lines long and 6 — 8-flowered ; flird<ering 

 gliiiiie smooth, shining, apiculate. — Dry places; common. — Fl. 

 June, July. Annual. 



7. 6'. lohdccd (Dwaif Damel-like Manilia-grass). — A glabrous, 

 green, stiff, dwarf plant, 2 — 6 in. high, resembling the preceding; 

 sptk:'lets nearly sessile m 2 rows on alternate sides of the raciiis, 

 but all turning one way so as to resemble a i -sided spike ; spike- 

 lets about 3 lines long. 6 — 12-flowered : iJawtring glumes mucron- 

 ate, with well-marked marginal \-eins. — Bandy sea-shores ; un- 

 connnon. — Fl. June — AugusL. Annual. 



40. Festuc.\ (Fescue). — Leal-sheath gener.illy split to the base ; 

 spHtjlels in a spike or panicle, 3- or more-fl(^wered ; fluweriug glume 

 rounded at the back, 3 — 5-ribbed, pointed or awncd ; slyles at the 

 top of the smooth ovary. (Name, a Classical Latin name.) 



T. /''. membraiidcea (Single-husked Fescue).— 5/f';» 4 — 12 in. 

 high, bent below, slender, glabrous, leafy; leaves bristle-hke ; 

 pamcle i-sided, spike-hke, but with some very short lower 

 branches in jiairs, 2 in. long, pale green, shilling ; spikelets 4- 10- 

 flowered ; outermusl gliniie wanting, and awned ; limi-eriiig glumes 

 ending in awns longer than themselves. — Sandy sea-shores in the 

 south ; rare. — Id. June, July. Annual or liiennial. 



2. F. ambigiia (l)oubtful k'escue). — A slender plant, S — 12 in. 

 high, with narrow, involute /enies ; pa?iidfe long, narrow, erect, 

 close ; upper empty glume 3—6 times as loiig as the lower : jlewer- 

 iitg glumes ending m awns as long as themselves; stamen i. — 

 Sandy places, Dorset, Isle of W ight, Suffolk, and Norfolk ; very 

 rare. — Fl. May, June. Annual. 



3. i^. M)W(W (Rat's-tail, or Wall Fescue).— A closely allied, but 

 generally taller species, ubiiut a loot high, slender ; /'(j/.'/Wc 2 — 6 

 in. long, slender, i-sided, sometimes spikeJike, interrupted, nod- 

 ding ; irpper emptv glume thrice as long as the hneer. — Walls and 

 sandy placx'S ; not uncommun. — Id. lune, [uly. Annual. 



4. F. hnunoiiles (Squuiel tailed l''es(.-iie). — .\nother closel\' allied 

 .Species, dilfering in the U|)i"ier part ol the stem being leafless ; the 



