122 63. Festuca. 10. GRAMINEiE. 
PI. end. ph . 
5. Festuca ccesia. Grey fescue. 
Panicle contracted, glaucous; locustce roughish, bristled; 
fiowreis cylindrical; margin of the inner spathellule pu- 
bescent ; leaves compressed, channelled ; ligula minute ; 
root fibrous. 
Festuca caesia, Engl. Bot. 1917. 
Dry barren heaths; perennial; June. 
Roots in tufts; culm 9 in. high; naked above, sides con- 
vex; leaves narrow, carinate, smooth, channelled ; panicle 
ovate, very glaucous, tinged with purple; flowrets 4? or 5, 
round ; awn straight ; glumelle downy at the edge. 
b. Ligula very short , truncated , 2-eared; radical leaves 
bristlelike ; stem leaves flat , broad ; culm round. 
6. Festuca rubra. Red fescue. 
Panicle facing one way, spreading, erect ; locustce oblong, 
elliptical, smooth, bristled, reddish ; bristle long ; leaves 
glaucous, stem-leaves woolly above; root creeping. 
Festuca rubra, Lin. S. P. 109. 
Alps and sea-coasts; perennial; July. 
Root creeping, jointed; radical leaves glaucous, upright, 
smooth, stiff, bristlelike, angular ; stem-leaves broader, 
closely villose above ; culm smooth ; locustce purplish. 
0. vivipara. Spikelet viviparous, 
7. Festuca glauca. Seagreen fescue. 
Panicle compact, becoming loose and spreading, glau- 
cous; locustce oblong, elliptical, 7 to 20-flovvered, bristled; 
bristle short ; leaves seagreen ; culm stiff ; root creeping. 
Festuca glauca, Winch Bot. Guide , 2, 1102, not of Lamarck. 
Loose sands of the sea; perennial ; June. 
Root creeping ; leaves narrow, involute, acute, in tufts \ 
culm reedlike, 12 in. high. 
8. Festuca Cambrica. Welsh fescue. 
Panicle oblong, upright, branched; locustce ovate, smooth, 
bristled ; leaves glaucous ; stem-leaves smooth ; roots fibrous. 
Festuca Cambi ica, Huds. FI. Angl. 45. 
Festuca rubra jS, Smith Ft. Br . 1 16. 
Mountains of Wales; perennial; May, June. 
Root fibrous; culm 9 in. high, cylindrical, smooth; radical 
leaves upright, channeled, acute; stem-leaves 2 or 3, acute, 
smooth ; locustce, 6 or 7-fiowered. 
