Festiica . ] evil, graminea:. 557 
* Root-leaves very narrow, not broader than those of the culm. Awn of 
the floret terminal. 
| Florets usually monandrous, shorter than their awns. Glumes very 
unequal. Vulpia. 
1. F. uniglumis Soland. (single-glumed F.) ; panicle a 
simple erect two-ranked subsecund raceme, lower glume very 
minute, florets compressed keeled not ciliate. E. B. t. 1430: 
Pam. Gr. t. 112. 
On the sandy sea-coast. South-east and south of England ; 
Wales. Ireland. 0. 6 A plant remarkable for the minuteness 
and apparent suppression of one of its glumes, by which the species is 
at once known. Stamens often 2 or 3. 
2. F. bromoides L. (barren F .) ; panicle secund, glumes 
very unequal the upper one as long as the lowermost contigu- 
ous floret, florets terete not ciliate scabrous towards the sum- 
mit. — a. flowering panicle erecto- patent, lower branches 
slender, culm above leafless. E. B. t. 1411 : Parn. Gr. tt. 54, 
55. F. sciuroides Roth. — 13. panicle drooping at the end, 
lower branches very short, culm sheathed and leafy to near the 
panicle. F. Myurus Sm. (not L .) : E. B. t. 1412. F. pseudo- 
myurus Koch: Parn. Gr. t. 111. 
Dry pastures and on walls, less frequent in Scotland, but not rare 
about Edinburgh. — ft frequent in England ; rare in Scotland, as at 
Forfar. ©. 6. — Culms 6 — 12 inches high. Leaves linear, seta- 
ceous, complicate. Glumes very unequal, lanceolate, acuminate, 
rough at the keel ; lower one sometimes minute, occasionally half as 
long as the upper, usually about a third of its length, 1-nerved; 
upper 3-nerved, and scarcely ever shorter than the lowest floret 
(exclusive of its awn) on the same side. Lower glumella scabrous 
towards the point. Awn often twice as long as its floret. Stamens 
3, 2, or 3. In F. Myurus L. {Parn. Gr. t. 55.) the upper glume is 
only half as long as the lowermost contiguous floret, and the florets 
are tubercular-scabrous on the back above the middle ; whether a 
species or only a variety it has not occurred in this country. 
ft Florets triandrous longer than their awns. 
3. F. ovina L. (Sheep's F.) ; panicle subsecund subcoarc- 
tate, spikelets oblong of about 4 — 7 florets with short awns, 
leaves flat or involute-setaceous, ligule 2-lobed. — a. tufted, 
culms short somewhat 4-angled and scabrous-pubescent below 
the small panicle, leaves involute-setaceous. E. B. t. 585 : 
Parn. Gr. tt. 56, 57. F. vivipara Sm. : E. B. t. 1355. F. 
cassia Sm. : E. B. t. 1917. F. tenuifolia Sibth. — i 6. tufted or 
slightly creeping, culms taller many-angled and somewhat 
glabrous below the broader panicle, leaves of the culm often 
flat but afterwards usually involute. F. duriusculaZ. : E. B. 
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