British grasses and their employment in agriculture . rolonged into a straight rough sub-terminalawn about half the length of the palea. Inner palea with distinctmarginal nerves fringed with fine hairs. Rachilla long, cylindricalor somewhat flattened, outstanding, hairy, or sometimes nearlysmooth. (Fig. 78.) Bromus giganteus, L. (Tall Brome-grass.) = Festuca gigantea,Vill. (Giant Fescue-grass.) (Fig. 79.) An erect glabrous perennial growing in shade. Shoots round,sheaths split. Leaves broad, acute, flat and almost ribless above,keeled below. Ligule short, reddish-violet; auricles greenish-whit
British grasses and their employment in agriculture . rolonged into a straight rough sub-terminalawn about half the length of the palea. Inner palea with distinctmarginal nerves fringed with fine hairs. Rachilla long, cylindricalor somewhat flattened, outstanding, hairy, or sometimes nearlysmooth. (Fig. 78.) Bromus giganteus, L. (Tall Brome-grass.) = Festuca gigantea,Vill. (Giant Fescue-grass.) (Fig. 79.) An erect glabrous perennial growing in shade. Shoots round,sheaths split. Leaves broad, acute, flat and almost ribless above,keeled below. Ligule short, reddish-violet; auricles greenish-white. Generally distributed over Britain. Flowers about July; culms from 3-4 feet high, with striated 86 Botanical Section [PT I sheaths. Panicle large, loose, inclined to droop. Spikelets ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 flowered. Glumes unequal, acute, most of its characters this plant more closely approaches theFescues than the Bromes. Seeds. Outer palea about 7 mm. long, with five in-distinct nerves, scabrid (slightly rough), its upper margins.
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