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FESTUCA ELATIOR. 



TALL FESCUE. 



Seed of 

 festuca elatior, 



(,Tall Fescue.') 



Rootstock perennial, somewhat stoloniferous. 

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

 flat, and scaberulous ; sheath 

 smooth ; ligule short. Panicle 

 difiuse and nodding. Spikelets 

 (| many-flowered, half an inch long 

 ^ or more, lanceolate. Empty 



Natural 



size, glumes shorter than flowering 

 glumes, acute and unequal. 

 Flowering glumes broad, rough, 

 and toothed at the apex. Palea 

 acute and ribbed, with hairy 

 nerves. Flowers June and July. 

 ^ , J .^ . .^ , Grows in damp pastures and 



Front and side views magnified ^ ^ 



6 diameters. , i . i i j. -ni 



wet places throughout Jiurope, 

 North Africa, and North America. 



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