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GRAMfNE^E 



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

 Perennial. 



9. F. sylvdtica (Reed Fescue).— A tall, reed-like grass, 2-4 

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

 rather broad, flat, glaucous above, rough-edged ; -panicle 3 — 6 in. 

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

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



fest£ca elAtior (Tall Fescue). 



br6mus ram6sus {Hairy Brome). 



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

 uncommon. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



10. F. pratensis (Meadow Fescue). — Root-stock creeping, with 

 runners ; stems 1 — 6 feet high, nodding, smooth ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, flat, smooth; panicle 3 — 10 in. long, nodding, with a 

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

 pairs, or (var. pratensis) reduced almost to a simple, i-sided spike, 

 with almost sessile, 3 — 10 flowered spikelets, h — J in. long ; 

 flowering glumes 5-ribbed, obtuse, mucronate or acute. — River- 

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



