228 NATIVE FORAGE PLANTS 



all over ; awn only one-third the length of the lance — oblong flower. 

 Dry ground, scattered in the woods. Ought to be tried how it docs 

 under cultivation. 



BEOMUS CILIATUS, I*~( Ciliated Broom Grass). 



Has a compound panicle, loose, nodding, spikelets seven to twelve 

 flowered, flowers tipped with awns less than their length, leaves large. 

 Culms three to four feet high. Grows in old fields Worthless. 



FESTUCA, Linn— (Fescue Grass). 



A spikelet nf F. elatior enlarged (1); a se s : 

 flower (2); lower part of a lower palet outspread, 

 (3). 



Spikelets 3 ; many flowered, panicled or race- 

 mose ; the flowers not webby at the base. Glumes 

 unequal, mostly keeled. Palets chartaceous. or 

 almost coriaceous roundiflh on the back, more or 

 less 3-5 nerved, acute pointed, or often bristle- fi 

 awned from the tip, rarely blunt ; the upper most- 

 ly adheijng at maturity at the enclosed grain. Stamens 1-8, flowers and 

 leaves often dry and harsh 



FESTUCA MYURUS, L, and FUSTUCA TENELLA, Willd. 



Are both annuals, growing single, flowers awned, panicle conti acted. 

 They appear early and make good sheep pasture. 



FESTUCA ELATIOR, I>~ (Tall Fescue Grass). 



Perennial, growing in wet grass lands ; panicle narrow, contracted 

 before and after flowering, erect, with short branches ; spikelets crowd- 

 ed 5-10 flowered ; flowers rather remote, oblong, lanceolate. 



FESTUCA NUTANS, Willd-{Noddmg Fescue Grass.). 



Perennial ; 2-4 feet high, growing in copses. Panicle of several long 

 and slender, spreading branches, mostly in pairs, drooping when old, 

 rough, naked below the spikelets, on pretty long pedicels. It is a strong 

 looking grass It never grows gregarious. Both these species are cat- 

 en by cattle and are of medium quality. 



FESTUCA OVINA, L-(Jffard Fescue Grass.) 



Is a low growing perennial, with a contracted one-sided panicle, 

 grows gregarious, often covering extensive patches. Excellent for 

 sheep; flowers in May The Fescues have been described in "pastur* 



grasses. " 



