FESTUCA ELATIOR-YAR. FERTILIS. 



TALL FESCUE. 



Eootstock perennial, stoloniferous or tufted. Stems 

 3 to 6 feet, erect and smooth. Leaves broad, flat, and 

 scaberulous ; sheath smooth ; ligule short. Panicle 

 diffuse and nodding. Spikelets many-flowered, half an 

 inch long or more, lanceolate. Empty glumes shorter 

 than flowering glumes, acute and unequal. Flower- 

 ing glumes broad, rough, and toothed at the apex. 

 Palea acute and ribbed, with hairy nerves. Flowers 

 June and July. Grows in damp pastures and wet 

 places throughout Europe, North Africa, and North 

 America. . 



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