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Seven grasses including fescues (Festuca species), dog's tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus), meadow grasses (Poa species) and ryegrass (Lolium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.

Six grasses: fescues (Festuca species), foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis), meadow grasses (Poa species) and sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.

A bugle flower (Ajuga reptans) and fescue grass (Festuca elatior). Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

Hard fescue grass (Festuca duriuscula): seedhead and leafy stem. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

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Seven grasses including fescues (Festuca species), dog's tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus), meadow grasses (Poa species) and ryegrass (Lolium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.

A bugle flower (Ajuga reptans) and fescue grass (Festuca elatior). Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

Six grasses: fescues (Festuca species), foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis), meadow grasses (Poa species) and sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.

Hard fescue grass (Festuca duriuscula): seedhead and leafy stem. Coloured etching, c. 1805.