g82 GRAMINE.E 



Shady places in the south ; a doubtful native. — Fl. June, July. 

 Perennial. 



g. F. svlvdtica (Reed Fe.scue).— A tall, reed-like grass, 2-4 

 feet high, stift; glabrous, with short runners ; haves very long, 

 rather broad, flat, glaucous aliove, rough-ejlged ; panicle 3—6 in. 

 long, much branched, spreading ; spikelets numerous, small, awn- 

 less, 3— 4-flowered, pale yellow-green; flowering glumes pointed, 



FESTUCA El..\Tii>R ifa/l J<L\^n<e). 



OSL'S {^Ilairy Bmnc), 



finely toothed along their dorsal ribs. — Moist hilly woods ; 

 uncommon. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



10. F. prulensis (Meadow Fescue),— 7?()('/-,«/(i(7,' creeping, with 

 runners ; sh'ius i — 6 feet high, nodding, smooth ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, flat, smooth ; panicle 3 — 10 in.dong, nodduig, with a 

 ■3-angled, smooth rachis, either spreading 'with rough branches in 

 pairs, or (var.pralensis) reduced almost to*ci simple, i-sided spike, 

 with almost sessile, 3 — lo-flowered spikclels, }. — ', in. long : 

 flowerinii glumes 5-ribbed, obtuse, nuicnmaU' or acute. — River- 

 banks and wet places; common, — Fl. Jime, July. Perennial. 



