FESTUCA. Linn. Gen. Pi. T r i a n d r i a D i g y n iA.
Cal. 2-vaivis. Spicula oblonga, teretiufcula, glumis acuminatis.
Rail Syn. Gen. 27. H erbæ graminifoliæ f l ô r e im p e r f e c t o c u l m i f e r æ .
FESTUCA lolicea fpicata, fpiculis altérais feffilibüs, compreflis muticis; HudfiFl. Ahgl ed. 1. p. 38.
POA locuftis diftichis, Ipicatis, muticis. Hall. Hijl. n. 1452.
PHOENIX longius fpicata. Park. Theah p. 1146. fg . to the left ?
BBBHBBBBBBBB it may be ftyled the very Proteus of Graffes ■ in its
■ oil ufual form it bears a refembiance to the Lolium pirenne, and hence it has been confidered by feme as a
I |nety of that plant, and as fuch it is figured by Morison ; when branched, which it frequently is it an
■ ouches near to, and has been taken for the Pejluca fruenfi, but it indifputably is a diftina plant from both
W ith us it grows fpontaneoufly, and plentifully in moift fertile meadows. '
■ bi root, ftalk, leaves, and-habitit comes fo near to the Lolium fennne as fcarcely to be diftinguilhed from
I but ufually exceeds it >n hemht by about one third5 the flowers in general grow in a fimple fpikf from eighi
■ hes to a foot m length, ben3mg a little towards the top ; the fpiculm are felffle, nearly an inch'long d i v S - EE fr°d for lheftmofl part placed obhquely to the rachis, Fometimes Handing on W f t a l k s of d i f K
■ gths, the lowermoft ones about an.nch long, nearly round, flattened a little on the Tides, running out to a
■ m 1 the uppermoft ones (horter and fomewhat broader, containing from ten to fifteen flowers-the cabvx
» a l vconfifls of two valves unequal m fize the mnermoft frequently fmall, lateral, and fometim^ wanting
tft other parts of the fru&fication, are very fimilar to thofe of the pratenfis and elatior. wanting,
J K I ^ 1 we before .obferved, ufually grow in a -fimple fpike: this fpike not ««frequently occurs
I r e b e d ; then its appearance is greatly altered and it approaches nearer to the Yeftuca pratenfis bm in ?ha
f fr.om S S I lts fPlked P^icle; moll commonly the branches grow from thl
I P i fometimes from the middle; m Batterfea meadows, where this grabs is found8 abundantly I
I v c obferved a variety ,n which the lp.culte were fliorter than ufual, and two or fhree of then? grew together ILhe T H but tbe Srarnd dl®.cu'? which the ftudent bas to encounter in relation^8 bb grffs is
^enlie meets with that variety of it which having fliorter and broader fpiculte than ufual r e f e n f f i L S m
g t cn"e fo much, as to make him ready to exclaim, •• they are the fame in this dilemma there are three ebb
K CTS' ,f°me,one w cb 1 baT d.ev-er.yet known to fail: firft, the f.tuation of the fpiculae with refnea toThe
Bh b ; the edge pf thefe m the Lolium is always parallel with the rachis which give? tbe fnike I d . 1 “
i e t l r S ra'reljfis moreYh^one1 third^^{^ng^?;be^bicuhl.t^^^^^, “ ^ ^ ^ ^ BtnflBBGEI Bsiil IHBislH B1H B o n g the difficulties ahd perplexities in which it L s frequendy^Involved t P*™“ ' ^ eXPe'
about W ' «me as the pratenfis, it is therefore not fo early as
aimer K m V ’ u r f tound from 7ears culture a hardy perennial of very quick orowth nrnHnJmf I k t t e hat flmi,ar C/ °P t0 S^ s , fucceeding beft in a moift foil; it is however"^rate M B i
feres and as - excepte<* lC J ? uld ?PPeai! to be equal in goodnefs to fome of the beft of our nafture
■ ! # I nmft nmomTtme k“ 1° * * n° tlCe t A Sriculturift: ‘bere is one circumftance aueifds■
& feeds^n°abundance!e " J g ** &ld ° f *■ ^ tior’ whiIe the P « “ * has ’conllantly produced
■ g K in the lecond edition of the fame work as a variety of the Feftuca fluitans. 8 P ' by
Partes Fru&ificationis.
!!• Spicula.
I 2, Clumce calycince.
Bg) 4 . ---- - Corollaceat.
■ 5* Neflaria.
B 6, Stamina. '
1' P/li/lum.-
iriety <
Parts of Fruftification.
■ ptg- t* Cne of the Spicula.
2. Glumes of the Calyx.
3> 4’ ------- ■— Corolla.
5. The NeSlaries.
6. The Stamina.
7. The P i f ilium.