FESTtTCA. 
505 
Slender, 6 — 12 in. high. L. linear, involute. [8. intermedia 
(Hack.); pan. longer, sheath coverin; its base.] — Walls and sandy 
places. A. ? VI. VII. E. S. I. 
3. F.ambig'ua(LeGsL[\) : uppermost sheath very nearly reach- 
ing to the lo)ig narrow erect close pan., lowest pan. -branch equal- 
ling more than of pan., fl. terete rough, gl. unequal as 3—6 to 
1, larger gl. about equalling A of lowest flower. — E. B. S. 2970. — 
Slender, S — 12 in. high. L. involute. Probably a glabrous 
form of ciliata (Danth.). — Sandy places. Isle of Wight. 
Kent. Dorset. Suffolk. A. V. VI." E. 
4. F. Myuros (L.) ; uppermost sheath reaching to or partly 
covering the long narrow nodding in terrvpted pan., lowest pan.- 
brar.ch equalling |- of pan., fl. terete rough, gl. unequal as 3 to 
1, larger gl. about equalling 4 lowest flower. — E. B. 1412. F. 
psevdo-mi/urus (Soy. -Will.). — About a foot high, slender. Pan. 
very long and narrow. — Walls and sandy places, rare. A.? 
VI. VII. E. S. ? I. 
tt Triandrous. Awn shorter than the pale. 
5. F. ovina (L.) ; pan. narrow subsecund close with fr., spike- 
lets 4 — 6-fl., fl. mostly awned, /. all setaceous, sheaths glabrous, 
coEspitose. — E. B. 58.5. P. 56, 57. — Very variable. L. short, 
slightlycurved, densely tufted. Fl. glabrous, or (A ^.s/>^V/^^/a Koch) 
hairy. Spikelets sometimes changed into leafy shoots. — /3. 
F. capUlata (Lam.) : 1. very long setaceous, fl. awnless. — 7. F. 
dunuscula (L.) ; pan. pyramidal, branches spreading, 1. filiform 
channelled, st.-l. broader. St. and 1. stouter. Fries thought it 
distinct. [Var. glauca. Hack. (F. glauca, Lam.) has the 1. sheaths and fl. 
more or less glaucous, and var. iupirui. Hack, is a siaaU form with small dense 
pan., setaceous laminae and sheaths entire for about J of their length.] — Dry 
hilly pastures. jS. On mountains. 7. Damper places. P. VI. 
Sheep's Fescue-grass. E. S. I. 
6. F. rubra (L.) ; pan. broadish below subsecund, spikelets 
4 — 10-fi., 1. involute-setaceous, st.-l. flat, lowest sheaths hairy, 
sobolijerous. — F. dxiriuscula Sm. (in part), E. B. 470, P. 58 — 60. 
— Very variable. Fl. shortly awned, glabrous, hairy or villose. 
L. variable in length and breadth and the fl. in size. Creeping 
but CaespitOSe. — \F. Jallax (Thuill.) is densely csespitose und scarcely 
creeping.] — Common in dry sandy, rarely in wet places. P. VI. 
E. S. I. 
[f. Merophyllu (Lam.); not stoloniferous, St. taller, root.-l. long setaceous 
densely tufted, at.-l. flat, pan. long lax, considered by Prof. Hackel a »ub.^p. 
of 6, is recorded from several places, probably sown.] 
