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98. GRAMINE.?;. 
7. F. ordria (Dum.) ' ; pan. secund, spikelets 4 — 10-fl., 1. all 
involute-setaceous, lowest sheaths hairy, far creeping not caes- 
pitose. — F. rubra Sm., F. B. 2058. — Near F. rubra, but mode 
of growth very different. — Sandy sea-shores. P. VI. E. S. 
** Root-leaves broad and flat. Ligule not auricled. Awn 0, 
or dorsal. Schedonoeus Beauv. 
t Uppermost ligule prominent. Lower pale 3-veined. 
8. sylvat'ica (Vill.) ; pan. erect diffuse muc^-branched, 
branches rough, spikelets of 3 — 4 a wnless acute ft., lower pale 
rough, dorsal rib serridate throughout, 1. lanceolate-linear with 
rough margins. — Poa P. 44 & 100. F. Calamaria Sm., E. B. 
1005. — Scarcely creeping. St. 2 — 4 feet high, covered at the 
base with imbricate broad acute leafless sheaths, tufted. L. 
very long, broad, roughish on both sides ; uppermost 1. smaller. 
Lower pale very acute ; midrib extending nearly to the tip or 
slightly beyond it. Ovary pilose at the top. — /3. F. decidua 
(Sm.) ; 1. narrower, fl. about 2. E. B. 2266. — Woods in moun- 
tainous districts. P. VII. E. S. I. 
ft Uppermost ligule very short. Lower pale 5-veined. 
BucETUM Parn. 
9. F. gigant^a (YiW.) ; pan. open drooping branched, spikelets 
of about 5 avmed fl., dorsal rib of lower pale nearly smooth not 
extending to the tip but ending in a rough aivn twice as long as 
the pale, 1. linear-lanceolate. — E . B. 1820. P. 47. — Bronivs L. 
St. 3 — 4 feet high. L. very long, broad, roughish on both sides, 
except near the base on , the underside. Ligule unequal, 
auricled. Lower pale roughish, membranous, often bifid at the 
tip. Top of the ovary glabrous. — p. F. triflora (Sm.) ; pan. 
smaller and more erect, spikelets scattered of about 3 flowers. 
E. B. 1918.— Moist woods and thickets. P. VII. E. S. I. 
10. eldtior (L. em. Huds.) ; panicle difi'use patent, branches 
mostly in pairs each bearing 2 or more ovate-oblong spikelets 
divaricate with fl. or afterwards, spikelets very many of 5 — 6 
closely placed fl., dorsal rib of lower pale ending at or just below 
the tip or forming a s/<or< ciM'^t, 1. linear-lanceolate. — E.B. 1593. 
P. 46, 47. F. arundinacea (Schreb.). — St. 2 — 6 ft. high, forming 
1 F. oraria Dum. Agr. Belg. 105 (1823), F. sabulicola Duf. (1825) F. arenaria 
Godr. (1855, not Osb.). See Bull. Belg. vii. 367 
