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Seed of 



festuca pratensis. 



(Meadow Fescue.') 



FESTUCA PRATENSIS. 



MEADOW FESCUE. 



Rootstock perennial. Stems 18 inches to 3 feet, 

 tufted, erect, and smooth. Leaves flat and smooth ; 

 sheath smooth ; ligule short. 

 Panicle spreading, but closer 

 I and narrower than in F. elatwr, 

 with fewer branches. Spikelets 

 many flowered, lanceolate. 



Empty glumes shorter than 

 flowering glmnes, unequal and 

 acute. Flowering glumes rough, 

 and shghtly awned. Palea 



acute and ribbed, with hairy 



Front and side views magnified i t i 



7 diameters. ncrves. i lowers June and July. 



Grows on good pastures throughout Europe and 

 Northern Asia. 



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