TRIAriDRIA DIG^NIA. 
83 
96. FESTUCA. Gen.pl.ug. 
3.1?. spiculis alternis sessilibus erectis subqbinquefloris, 
floribus subulatis glabriuseulis, aristis longis scabris, 
foliis linearibus culmoque glabris. 
On the wajLers of the Missouri and Columbia rivers. 
June. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. 
2. F. panicula simplicissima secunda, spiculis subnovem- 
floris aristatis, foliis lineari-setaceis, ligula biaurita, 
culmo superne tetragono, basi ramosa. IVilld. enum. 
113. Willd. sp. pl. X.p.AXg. 
F. bfomoides. Mich.Jl. amer. 1 . p. 66. 
F. octoflora. IValt.Jl. car. 81. 
Common in sandy fields. ©. May — July. v. v. 
3. F. panicula coarctata simplici, spiculis subquadrifloris, 
floribus subulatis aristatis, culmo foliisque tenuissime 
setaceis. — Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 66. 
F. quadriflora. Walt. fl. cur. 8 1 . 
In dry fields : Virginia and Carolina. O. June. v. v. 
Appears to be different from F. M purus of Linnaeus. 
4. F. panicula secunda diffusa, flosculis aristatis, culmo 
tereti, foliis caulinis planis, radice fibrosa. Smith Ji. 
bril. 1. p. 115. IVilld. sp. pl. 1. p 421. 
Icon. Host. gram. 2. t. 83. Engl. hot. 4/0. 
In dry pastures, frequent. 7/. July. v.v. 
5. F. panicula subdiffusa nutante ramosissima laxa, spiculis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis, flosculis cylindricis obsolete 
nervosis. Smith fi. amer. 1 . p. 124. Willd. sp. pl. 1 . 
p. 425. 
Icon, Host. gram. 2. t. 79- Engl, lot . 1593. 
Ill wet meadows : Pensylvania, New England, &c. 
introduced with grass seeds from Europe. 11 . July. 
v. v. 
6. F. panicula el'ongata, ramis approximatis strictis, spiculis 
oblongis 8 — 10- floris adpressis aristatis. IVilld. enum. 
117- Mich.Jl. amer. X.p.66. 
In dry meadows : Virginia and Carolina mountains, 
Illinois, &c. l/.July. v.v. 
|j 7« F. panicula stricte contracta, ramis simplicibus sparsis, 
spiculis tereti-lanceolatis subquinquefloris, floribus 
acuminatis diandris, foliis latis planis, caule erecto as* 
perrimo. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 67. 
Icon, Mich.Jl, amer. 1. t. 10. 
Gr 2 
spicata . 
tenella. 
Myurus. 
duriuscula. 
elatior * 
polystachya . 
diandra . 
