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F. ovina (L.). Fig. 749. Sheep’s Fescue Grass. Native. P. 
VI-VIII. 
Meadows, sandy places, especially along the foreshores. 
Common. 
F. rubra (L.). Fig. 750. Creeping Fescue Grass. Native. P. 
VI, VII. 
Meadows and sandhills. Frequent. 
b. arenaria ( Osb .). 
Common on the sandhills. 
F. fallax ( Th .). Meadow Fescue Grass. Native. P. VI, VII. 
Meadows and damp places. Common. 
F. elatior (L.). Fig. 751. Tall Fescue Grass. Native. P. 
VI, VII. 
River banks and damp places. Occasional. 
L. Otterspool; Garston ; Speke; Hale (D.). Bath Wood, 
Ormskirk (t.w.). 
C. Egremont (H.). Rock Ferry (D.). Claybanks, Parkgate 
(h.s.f.). Mollington ; Shotwick (Dr. g.). 
Bromus ( L .). 
B. giganteus (L.). Fig. 752. Tall Bearded Brome Grass. Native. 
P. VII, VIII. 
Damp woods and shady places. Frequent. 
B. asper ( Muvr .). Fig. 753. Hairy Wood Brome Grass. Native. 
A. or P. VI, VII. 
( B . ramosus ( Finds .).) 
Damp woods and shady places. Frequent. 
B. maximus ( Desf .). Great Brome Grass. Casual. P. VII. 
C. 1871 , on Birkenhead ballast (j.h.l.). 
Note. — Native in the Channel Isles. 
B. laaceolatus {Roth.). 
C. 1871 , as a casual on Birkenhead ballast (j.h.l.). 
B. sterilis {L.). Fig. 754. Barren Brome Grass. Native. A. 
VI, VII. 
Meadows and hedge banks. Common. 
B. secalinus {L.). Smooth Rye Brome Grass. Colonist. A. or B. 
VI, VII. 
Cornfields. Occasional (D.). 
L. Canal bank between Bootle and Litherland (r.b.). Corn- 
