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F E S T U C A Myurus.
Wall Fescue-grass.
TRIANDRIA Digynia.
G en. Char. Cal. of 2 valves. Spikelet oblong, somewhat
cylindrical, two-ranked, with sharp-pointed
glumes.
Spec. Char. Panicle drooping, pointing one way. Florets
awl-shaped, awned, rough at the top. Leaves
bristle-shaped, somewhat keeled, very short.
Syn. Festuca Myurus. Linn. Sp. PI. 109. Sm. FI.
Brit. 118. Huds. 46. With. 1511 Hull. 28.
Relh. 37. Sibth. 44. Abbot. 2 1 , Dicks. H. Sicc.
fasc. 10. 2. Knapp, t. 70.
Gramen murorum, spica longissima. Raii Syn. 415.
T h i s is much more frequent than the last in dry barren
ground, and especially on the tops of walls, where its long inclining
silky panicles, waving with every breath of wind, and
growing in large tufts, easily excite attention. It is annual,
and flowers in June and July.
It is not easy to define the difference between this and
F. Iromoides, and yet they are surely distinct. In every part
of the flower they agree closely. The most striking distinction
is the much longer, more slender, and somewhat drooping
panicle of that now before us ; its leaves also are commonly
shorter, broader, and more angular.
Both these grasses are too deficient in herbage to be of any
rase in agriculture.