. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 246 BRITISH GRASSES. Kingdom. It flowers in June, and sheds its readily fall- ing seed in July. 4. Pestuca Myurus, Linn. Rat's-tail Fescue. (_Fl bromoides, Eng. Bot.; F. sciuroides, Bab. Man.) Root annual, tufted, fibrous; stem upright, slender, smooth, cylindrical; joints smooth, three in number, the highest halfway up the stem ; leaves narrow and awl-shaped, short, smooth behind, hairy above; panicle simple, long, slender, slightly arching ; rachis rough; branches rough, angular; spikelet
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 246 BRITISH GRASSES. Kingdom. It flowers in June, and sheds its readily fall- ing seed in July. 4. Pestuca Myurus, Linn. Rat's-tail Fescue. (_Fl bromoides, Eng. Bot.; F. sciuroides, Bab. Man.) Root annual, tufted, fibrous; stem upright, slender, smooth, cylindrical; joints smooth, three in number, the highest halfway up the stem ; leaves narrow and awl-shaped, short, smooth behind, hairy above; panicle simple, long, slender, slightly arching ; rachis rough; branches rough, angular; spikelets containing five florets; outer glumes unequal; flowering glumes as long as the largest of the outer ones, and furnished with an awn as long as itself, rough, and very slender ; palea thin, lanceolate, toothed at the summit. This Fescue is a frequent denizen of waste places, rocks, and wall-tops. It is said to be more frequent in England than in Scotland, but we have found it on " dykes/' both about Edin- burgh and in the Isle of Bute. The normal type of this grass has a panicle three inches long, the spikelets turning one way, the awns nearly as long as the spike- lets. It is a starved-looking grass, and soon withers in drought. It is of no agri- cultural value. Difference of situation af-. 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 Plues, Margaret. London : Reeve & co.
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