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97. GRAMINB^S. 
40. Craosu'Kcs Linn. Dog's-tail-grass. 
1. C. cristdtns fL.) ; raceme spikelike linear, tl. with a very 
short awn.— B. 316. P. 28.— St. 12—18 in. high. Spike 
unilateral, plane-compressed. Spikelets closely placed. Bract 
comblike.— Pastures. P. VIII. E. S. I. 
[C. echindtm (L.) ; raceme contracted close ovate, awns about 
as long as the pales.— i^. B. 1333. P. 28 & 129.— St. erect, 
1 — 2 feet high. Bract comblike with long points. — Sandy places 
in Guernsey and Jersey. A. VII.] 
41. Dac'ttlis Linn. Cock's-foot-grass. 
1. D. glomerdta (L.) ; pan. -branches with ovate clusters of 
spikelets, st. erect, 1. linear flat with rough margins, root cae- 
spitose — IE. B. 335. P. 29. — A coarse grass. Pan.-branches 
long, spreading or divaricate with fl., afterwards adpressed, di- 
stant ; each bearing an ovate cluster of spikelets ; or wanting, 
and the panicle of one cluster. — Meadows. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
42. Festtj'ca Linn. Fescue-grass. 
* Root-leaves very narrow. Ligule with round awricUs. 
Aivn terminal. 
t Awn longer than the pale. Gl. very unequal. Vulpia. 
X Usually triandrous. 
1. F. unifflumis (Sol.) ; uppermost sheath far distant from 
the erect close 2-ranked simple panicle, li. compressed keeled, (/I. 
very unequal often only one, larger gl. very long and verv acute. 
—E. B. 1430. P. 112.— St. 6—12 in. high, erect, leaff nearly 
to the top. Raceme close. Lower gl. usually scarcely distin- 
guishable. — Sandy sea-shores. A. VI. E. I. 
X\ Usually monandrous. 
2. F. sciuroides (Roth) ; uppermost sheath far distant from 
the erect-patent oblong pan., lowermost pan. -branch about equal- 
ling 5 pan., fl. terete rough, yl. unequal as 2 to 1, larger gl. about 
equalling lowest flower. — F. hromoides Sm., E. B. 1411. — 
Slender, 6 — 12 in. high. L. linear, involute. — Walls and sandv 
places. A. ? VI. VII. E. S. 1. 
3. F. amhig'tia (LeGall) ; uppermost sheath veiy nearly reach- 
ing to the long naiTow erect close pan., lowast pan.-branch equal- 
ling more than g of pan., fl. terete rough, gl. unequal as 'i — 6 to 1, 
larger gl. about equalling \ of lowest flower.— Slender, 8 — 12 
in. high. L. flat, ultimately involute. — Sandy sea-shoi-e. Isle 
of Wight. A.V. VI. E. 
