10. GRAMINEiE. 60. Schedon. 115 
PL end . ph. 
3. Schedonoras elatior. Tall schedonorus . 
Panicle rather diffuse, drooping, very much branched; 
locustce ovate, lanceolate, acute; Jlowrets cylindrical, scarcely 
ribbed ; leaves linear, lanceolate ; root rather creeping. 
Gramen pratense q. Gramen paniculatuin nemorosum, latiore folio 
glabrum, panicula nutante non aristata, Dillen in Raii Syn. 411, 15. 
Festuca elatior, Lin. S. P. 111. 
Festuca arundinacea, Schreb. Spicil. 57. 
Festuca spadicea, Moench. M&th. 190, 
Bromus littoreus, Willd. Sp. PI. 433. 
Bromus arundinaceus, Roth Germ. 2, 141. 
Aveua secunda, Salisb. Prod. 21. 
Damp fields ; perennial ; June, July. 
Culm 4* feet high, smooth ; leaves broad, ribbed, smooth ; 
panicle becoming slightly erect; locustce very numerous, 
ovate, acute, slightly flattened. 
4*. Schedonorus sylvaticus . Wood schedonorus . 
Panicle facing one way, upright, very much branched, 
becoming contracted ; locustce oblong ; glumes much shorter 
than the glumelles ; outer spathellule 3-ribbed; leaves ensi- 
form ; root fibrous. 
Festuca sylvatica, Villars Dauph. 2, 105. 
Festuca calaniaria, Smith FI. Brit. 121. 
Poa trinervata, Koel Gram. 17 1. 
Poa sylvatica, Pollich 1, 83. 
Hilly woods ; perennial ; July. 
Roots in tufts ; culm, erect, 3 feet high, very smooth ; 
joints purple ; leaves flat, upright ; sheaths cylindrical, hairy; 
ligula very short ; panicle small, manyflowered ; locustce 
small, whitish green or purplish. 
5. Schedonorus deciduus. Falling schedonorus . 
Panicle facing one way, erect, very much branched, be- 
coming contracted ; locustce 2 or 3-flowered, oblong ; outer 
spathellule 3-ribbed ; leaves linear, streaked. 
Festuca decidua, Eng. Bot. 32,2266. 
Mountain woods; perennial; August 
Plant small and slender; leaves acute; panicle many- 
flowered; locustce small, purplish; upper Jlowrets falling off. 
XX. 61. ZERNA. Panzer. Drank. 
Glumes 3 to 6-flowered, flowrets 2-rowed, imbricate; 
spathelles alternate, linear, lanceolate, acute; lower short, 
1 -ribbed; upper large, 5, 7, or 9-ribbed, tip bristled; 
glumelle bristled: lower spathellule linear, convolute, 3 to 
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