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ENGLISH BOTANY. 
Var. a, geniiina. 
Plate MDCCLXXXIII. 
Reich. Ic. n. Germ, et Heir. Vol. I. Tab. CXXXI. Figs. 294 and 296 
F. ovina, SiUli. Gren. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. III. p. 570. 
Leaves all setaceous, flaccid, green, the radical ones much shorter 
than the flowering stem. Lower pale shortly awned. 
Var. 3, tenuifolia. 
Plate mCCLXXXIV. 
Beich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Heir. Vol. I. Tab. CXXXI. Fig. 295 and 296. 
F. tenuifolia, Sibth. Gren. & God. Fl. de Fr. Vol. III. p. 570. 
Leaves all setaceous, flaccid, green, the radical ones long and slen- 
der, at least half as long as the flowering stem, and often as long. 
Lower pale mucronate, not awned, smooth. 
Spikelets often viviparous on mountains, and in Orkney at the 
sea-level. 
Var. 7, glauca. Koch. 
F. glaaca, Lam. Diet. Vol. H. p. 459. 
Leaves all thickly setaceous, rather rigid, often recur\'ed, glaucous, 
shorter than the flowering stems. Lower pale shortly awned, smooth 
or pubescent. 
Var. 8, major. 
Beich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Heir. Vol. I. Tab. CXXXII. Fig. 303. 
F. duriu.scula, Beich. Gren & G,,dr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. HI. p. 572. Bah. Man Brit 
Bot. ed. vi. p. 409 ? 
Stem-leaves rather broader than the others. Lower pale usually 
shortly awned. 
Stem taller, panicle and spikelets larger than in the preceding 
Var. a common and generally distributed in dry pastures and on 
banks. Var. /3 chiefly in mountainous districts and in woods. Var. 
7 on dunes by the sea-shore or more rarely inland. Var. S in 
meadows. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer. 
Plant growing in dense tufts, mth numerous very slender leaves. 
Stems 3 to 15 inches high in vars. a, 3, and 7, and 1 to 2 feet in 
var. a. Longest leaves 3 to 6 inches, or in var. 3 sometimes 9 or 10 
inches. Panicle in vars. a, 3, 7, f to 2^ inches long, in var. 0 2 to 4 
inches. Spikelets in var. a about i inch long, and florets about \ 
inch; in var. 3 the spikelets are about \ inch long and florets about 
I inch; invar. 7 the spikelets are \ inch long, and florets about 
