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GRAMINEiE. 
1523. Par. 29. — A coarse well-known grass. Panicle usually 
with long spreading or divaricated branches each bearing an ovate 
cluster of spikelets, sometimes the branches are wanting, and 
then the whole inflorescence consists of one of these clusters. — 
Meadows. P. VI. VII. Cock's-foot-grass. 
4-0. Festuca Linn. 
1. F. uniglumis (Sol.) ; raceme 2-ranked secund, lower glume 
extremely minute, fl. compressed keeled shorter than their awns. 
— E. B. 1430. R. 1526, 1527.— St. 6—12 in. high, erect, leafy 
nearly to the top. Raceme close. Lower glume scarcely di- 
stinguishable. — Sandy sea-shores. A. VI. E. I. 
2. F. bromoides (L.) ; panicle secund contracted, glumes very 
unequal, fl. terete shorter than their awns scabrous. — E. B. 1411. 
Par. 54. — St. 6 — 18 in. high, more or less leafy. Lower glume 
always shorter than the upper, often very small. — /3. nana (Par.) ; 
smaller, st. leafy quite up to the panicle which more resembles 
a spike. Par. 55. F. Myurus Sm., Hook., &c. E. B. 1412. not 
of Linn, which has strongly ciliated pales. — Drv waste places. 
A.? VI. VII. 
3. F. ovina (L.) ; panicle close subsecund, spikelets of about 
6 fl. mostly with awns of half their length, 1. involute-setaceous, 
ligule bilobed, root fibrous crespitose. — E. B. 585. Par. 56, 57. 
— Very variable. L. short, slightly curved, tufted. Root cze- 
spitose, not truly creeping. Fl. with short awns, glabrous, or 
glumes and outer paleie hairy. — /3. vivipara ; spikelet converted 
into a leafy shoot. E. B. 1355. — y. tenuifolia ; 1. very long seta- 
ceous, fl. without awns, sometimes viviparous. — 5. dtiriuscula ; 
1. less involute, those of the stem nearly flat. — Dry hilly pastures. 
/3. and y. on mountains. P. VI. Sheep's Fescue-grass. 
4. F. rubra (L.) ; panicle close subsecund, spikelets of about 
6 awned fl., 1. involute-setaceous, stem 1. flat, ligule bilobed, root 
stoloniferous, suckers terminating in erect shoots with distichous 
leaves.— E. B. 2056. R. 1557. F. duriuscula Par. 58, 59, 60.— 
Root truly creeping. Fl. with short awns longer than those of 
F. ovina, glabrous or hairy. L. short, nearly straight. /3. Sa- 
bulicola ; 1. very long slender, fl. villose large. — Common in dry 
sandy places. P. VI. 
5. F. sylvatica (Vill.) ; panicle erect diffuse much-branched : 
branches rough, spikelets of 3 — 5 awnless acute fl., outer palea 
scabrous with 3 prominent ribs, dorsal rib serrated througlwut, 1. 
lanceolate- linear with scabrous margins, root tufted. — R. 1562. 
Poa Par. 44. F. Calamaria (Sm.) E. B. 1005. — Root scarcely 
creeping. St. 2 — 4 feet high, covered at the base with imbri- 
cated broad acute leafless sheaths. L. very long, broad, roughish 
on both sides, the uppermost 1. smaller than the others. Outer 
palea very acute, the midrib extending to the apex (not reaching 
