A natural history of British grasses . d beyond its leaf, andis furnished at its apex with a lengthy jDointed ligule. Jointssmooth. Infiorescence simple-panicled, crowded; colour silvery one inch in length, and half-an~inch wide, having briefrough branches, all inclined to one side. Spikelets of threehorned florets, haviiig at the base a pectinated involucre. Calyxof two equal-sized glumes, narrow, membranous, destitute oflateral ribs. Florets of two palene; exterior one of basal floretconsiderably shorter than the calyx, form ovate-lanceolate, fiAe-ribbed, having a lengthy, slen
A natural history of British grasses . d beyond its leaf, andis furnished at its apex with a lengthy jDointed ligule. Jointssmooth. Infiorescence simple-panicled, crowded; colour silvery one inch in length, and half-an~inch wide, having briefrough branches, all inclined to one side. Spikelets of threehorned florets, haviiig at the base a pectinated involucre. Calyxof two equal-sized glumes, narrow, membranous, destitute oflateral ribs. Florets of two palene; exterior one of basal floretconsiderably shorter than the calyx, form ovate-lanceolate, fiAe-ribbed, having a lengthy, slender, rough awn. Length fromtwelve to eighteen inches. Root annual and tufted. FloAvcrs the last week in Jun(-, and seeds ripen in August. 142 CYNOSURUS ECHINATUS. This species, which is of no agricultural value, is very distinctin ajopearance from the species last described, as will be seenby the illustration, as well as shewn by description. The specimen illustrated was gathered at Hough-End, nearManchester, by Mr. Joseph PLSTUCA -IRATEl^SI XLV FESTUCA PRATENSIS. Hudson. Hookee and Arnott. J. E. Smith. Koch. Gkeville. EUNTH. CUKTIS. MaBTYN. KnAPP. ScHKADEE. Relhan. Abbot. Bauington. Ealfs. Maceeight. Deakin. PLATE XLV Festuca loliacea, elatior, fiuitans, loliaceum, pratense,Schedonorus pratensis, Smith. Hooker. Geeville. LiNN^us. Host. Schrebee. Ehrhart, Withering. Hudson. Paenell. Paenell. LiNDLEY. The Meadow Fescue Grass. Festuca— ? Pratensis—Meadow. Festuca. Linnceus.—The derivation of this word is dubious. It is agenus containing seven species according to Sir W. Hooker, but less innumber according to Parnell, who separates several species under the nameof Bucetum. The Grasses in Festuca have a loose panicle with manyflowered spikelets, which are laterally compressed. Some of the speciesdiffer considerably from each other, as will be seen by reference to thefigures and descriptions. A VALUABLE Grass for agricultural purposes,
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