I'ESTUCA. 
39 f) 
duster of spikelets ; sometimes the branches arc wanting, ami 
then the whole infloreseenee consists of one of these clusters. — 
Meadows. P. VI. VII. Cock’ s-foot-yrass. 
41. Festuca Linn. 
* Root leaves very narrow. 
1. F. uniylumis (Sol.); raceme 2-ranked secund, lower glume 
very minute, fl. compressed keeled shorter than their awns. — 
E. 'B. 1430. P. \ V2. R. 1526, 1527.— St. 6—12 in. high, erect, 
leafy nearly to the toj). Raceme close. Lower glume usually 
scarcely distinguishable. — Sandy sea-shores. A. VI. E. I. 
2. F. bromoides (L.); panicle secund, glumes very unequal, 
Jl. terete shorter than their awns scabrous. — St. 6 — 18 in. high, 
more or less leafy. Lower glume always shorter than the upper, 
often very small. — a. bromoides ; flowering panicle erect-patent. 
E. B. 1411. Lower branches of the panicle often equalling half 
its length. — Myurus; flowering jianicle narrow spikelike nod- 
ding at the end. F. Myurus Sm., E. B. 1412. not Linn. Lower 
branches of the panicle always very short.— Diy waste places. 
A.? VI. VII. 
3. F. ovina (L.) ; panicle close subsecund, spikelets of about 
6 fl. mostly with awms of half their length, 1. all involute-seta- 
ceous, ligule bilobed, root fibrous caespitose. — E. B. 585. P. 56, 
57 . — Very yariable. L. short, slightly curyed, tufted. Root 
caespitose, not truly creeping. Fl. with short awns, glabrous, or 
glumes and outer pales hairy. — ]3. vivipara ; spikelet converted 
into a leafy shoot. E. B. 1355. — y. tenuifolia ; 1. very long seta- 
ceous, 11. without aw’ns, sometimes viviparous. — 8. duriuscula ; 
flowering panicle pyramidal ; branches almost divaricated, lower- 
most sheath ])ubescent, stem 1. at first flat. F. duriuscula Fries. 
— 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. inyolute-setaceous, stem 1. flat, ligule bilobed, root 
stoloniferous, suckers terminating in erect shoots with distichous 
leaves. — E. B. 2056. R. 1557. F. duriuscula P. 58, 59, 60., Sm. 
(in part). — Root truly creeping. Fl. with short awns, glabrous, 
hairy, or villose. L. variable in length and breadth and the fl. 
in size. — Common in thy sandy, rarely in wet, places. P. VI. 
** Root leaves broad and fiat. Bucetum Par. 
5. F. sylvatica {TiYi.) ■, panicle erect diffuse much-branched: 
branches rough, spikelets of 3 — 5 awnless acute fi., outer pale 
scabrous with 3 prominent ribs, dorsal rib serrated throughout. 
