. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 9.—Yard-grass {Eleusine indica). Fig. 10.—Crested dog's- tail (Cynosurus cris- tatus). Fig. 11.—Sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina). 7. Sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina; fig. 11). A densely tufted perennial; leaves folded in the bud; collar narrow, indis- tinct, glabrous; auricles short, obtuse; ligule membranous, very short; sheaths finely pubescent when viewed under a lens, not compressed, the old ones remaining as dark-brown fibers; blades long, linear, thick, bristle- like, about one-sixteenth inch wide, pale bluish g
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 9.—Yard-grass {Eleusine indica). Fig. 10.—Crested dog's- tail (Cynosurus cris- tatus). Fig. 11.—Sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina). 7. Sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina; fig. 11). A densely tufted perennial; leaves folded in the bud; collar narrow, indis- tinct, glabrous; auricles short, obtuse; ligule membranous, very short; sheaths finely pubescent when viewed under a lens, not compressed, the old ones remaining as dark-brown fibers; blades long, linear, thick, bristle- like, about one-sixteenth inch wide, pale bluish green. 8. Red fescue (Festuca rubra; fig. 12). A fine glabrous perennial grass with creeping rootstocks; leaves folded in the bud; collar narrow, indistinct, glabrous; auricles none; ligule mem- branous, short, entire, acute; sheaths minutely roughened, wider than blades, not compressed, the old ones remaining as brownish red fibers; blades long, linear, thick, bristlelike, one-sixteenth inch or less wide, dark green; rootstocks fine, branching, producing tufts of 1 In some forms of velvet bent (Agrostis canina) it is difficult to determine whether the leaf is folded or rolled in the bud. It may be distinguished from red fescue by its soft, fiat blades, which are prominently nerved. The old leaf sheaths of velvet bent are grayish white in color instead of brown, as in red 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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