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FESTU'C A. *. 
IAnnean Class and Order. Tria'ndria f, Dioy'nia. 
Natural Order. Grami'ne.e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 28. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 86. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 71. — Lindl. Syn. p. 293. ; Introd. 
to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 292. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 393. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit. p. 542. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 294. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
(4th edit) p.426. — Gramina, Linn. — Graminales; sect. Fes- 
tucin.-e ; type, Avenace/E ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 359 
and 369. 
Gen. Char. Panicle loose, more or less spreading. Spikelets 
(fig. 2.) oblong, compressed, of many alternate, 2-ranked, more or 
less awned, perfect florets. Calyx (fig. 1.) of 2 unequal, spear- 
shaped, sharp pointed concave, keeled glumes. Corolla (fig. 3.) of 
2 unequal palea f valves J ; the outer generally nearly cylindrical, 
entire, pointed or awned at the summit, keeled, concave, scarcely 
compressed, more or less ribbed, longer than the calyx, a little in- 
dexed at the edges ; inner narrower, elliptic-oblong, 2-ribbed, 
cloven or abrupt at the summit, the margins membranous, folded 
in at each rib, which is, for the most part, downy externally. 
Nectary (fig. 5.) of 1, deeply divided, or of 2 separate, sometimes 
cloven, pointed scales. Filaments (see fig. 3.) 3, hair-like, shorter 
than the corolla. jJnthers strap-shaped, pendulous, notched at 
each end. Germen (see fig. 4.) turbinate. Styles distant, short. 
Stigmas (see fig. 4.) feathery. Seed oblong, with a longitudinal 
furrow, pointed, quite loose, though closely enveloped in the un- 
changed corolla. 
The loose panicle ; the calyx of 2 unequal glumes, containing 
many florets ; and the corolla of 2 spear-shaped paleae, the outer 
one pointed or awned at the summit ; will distinguish this from 
other genera in the same class and order. See Hook. Brit FI. 
(4th edit.) t. 2. f. 28. 
Ten species British, [llook. Br. FI.) 
FESTU'CA PRATENSIS. Meadow Fescue-Grass. 
Spec. Char. Panicle spreading, branched. Spikelets strap- 
shaped, many-flowered. Florets cylindrical, awnless, outer valve 
(palea) of the corolla pointed. Leaves strap-shaped. Root fibrous. 
Enel. Bot. t. 1692. — Curt. FI. Bond. t. . — Knapp’s Gram. Bril. t. 73. — Curt, 
on Brit. Grasses, (5th ed.) p. 14. t. 5. — Mart. FI. Bust. t. 84, (in a late stage 
of flowering). — Graves’ Aionogr. Br. Grasses, t. 90. — Sincl. Hort. Gram. Wob. 
p. 149, with a plate. — Hurls. FI. Angl. (1st ed ) p.37. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 123 ; 
Engl. FI. v. i. p. 147. — With. (7lh ed.) v. ii. p. 183. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 47. — 
Alaer. Man. Brit. Bot. p.272. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 45. — Abb. FI. Bedf. p. 21. — 
Purt. Midi. FI. v. i p. 82.— Davits’ Welsh Bot. p. 11. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed ) 
p. 41. — Salisb. Bot. Comp. v. ii. p. 7. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 40. — Grev. FI. Fldin. 
p.27.— FI. Devon, pp. 20 & 125. — Johnst FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 27. — Winch’s FI. 
of Northumh. and Durh. p. 7. — Baxt. Lib. Agr. and Hort. Knowl. (2nd edit.) p. 
299, with a figure. — Loud. Mag. Nat. Hist. v. i. p. 382, with a figure. — Walker's 
FI. of Oxf. p.27.— Bab. FI. Ball., p. 58.— Murr. North. FI. p. 71.-Dick. FI. 
Fig. 1. The Calyx or Glumes.— Fig. 2. A Spikelet. — Fig. 3. A Floret, show- 
ing its 2 Palea:, its Stamens, and Pistils. — Fig. 4. Germen, Styles, and Stigmas. 
— Fig. 5. The Nectary. 
* From the Celtic, fest, according to Theis, which signifies food, pasturage. 
Hookeh. t See folio 36, note t. 
