. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS F\M1LV SS. shorter panicle being more open, with slender ascending branches below ; and the upper emply aluiiie twice as, long as the lower.— Occurs in similar situations more fommonlv,—Fl, June, July. Annual. 5. F. ovina ( Sheep's I'escue).—A densely tufted, glaucous grass 3—24 in. high ; stem slender, 4-angled, rough below the inflorescence ; leaves chiefly radical, subulate, almost cylindric, with 2 - lobed ligules ; panicle rather com- pact, slightly I-sided, \\—4 in. long, purplish ; spikelets small, 3—6-flowered : floiver- ing glumes mucronate or wit
. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS F\M1LV SS. shorter panicle being more open, with slender ascending branches below ; and the upper emply aluiiie twice as, long as the lower.— Occurs in similar situations more fommonlv,—Fl, June, July. Annual. 5. F. ovina ( Sheep's I'escue).—A densely tufted, glaucous grass 3—24 in. high ; stem slender, 4-angled, rough below the inflorescence ; leaves chiefly radical, subulate, almost cylindric, with 2 - lobed ligules ; panicle rather com- pact, slightly I-sided, \\—4 in. long, purplish ; spikelets small, 3—6-flowered : floiver- ing glumes mucronate or with an awn shorter than themselves, often viviparous, —Dry hilly pastures ; one of the commonest grasses, ^'ery variable. — Fl. June, July, Perennial. 6. F. riibra (Creeping Fescue).—A creeping plant with runners and scattered tufts; stem many-angled, smooth below the inflores- cence ; leaves bristly, flat or involute ; panicle broadish below, slightly i-sided, red- dish ; spikelels 4— 10- flowered, shortly awned.— Sand\- places ; common. Very variable. — Fl. June. Perennial. 7. 7^ ordria, a creeping plant with rush-like, cylin- dric, sharply-pointed leaves and downv ftcwering glumes, closely and occurring on sandy sea-shores, British. 8.* F. lieierophiila (Various-leaved Fescue).—A densely tufted plant, 2—4 feet high; radical leaves numerous, capillary, triangular, rough, sometimes a foot long ; cai:lir,e leaves,?LdX, narrow, rather re- curved ; ovary downy at the apex ; otherwise resembling F. allied to the preceding, has been recorded as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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