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48. Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. (Fig. 802.) Perennial, 



in tufts; culms rather 

 slender, erect, 60 to 100 cm 

 tall; sheaths scaberulous, at 

 least toward the summit, 

 and with auricles mostly 3 

 to 5 mm long; blades elon- 



Figure 795.— Distribution of 

 Muhlenbergia torreyi. 



gate, flat or involute, 1 to 4 

 mm wide, those of the inno- 

 vations narrower, involute; 

 panicle purple, oblong dif- 

 fuse, one-third to half the 

 entire height of the culm, 



Figure 794.— Muhlenbergia torreyi. 

 Plant, X 1; glumes and floret, X 10. 

 (Chase 5298, Colo.) 



the branches capillary, flex- 

 uous, the branchlets and 

 pedicels finally spreading; 

 spikelets, excluding awns, 

 3 to 4 mm long, the glumes 



Figure 797.— Distribution of 

 Muhlenbergia arenicola. 



one-fourth to two-thirds as 

 long, acute, the second often 

 short-awned ; lemma scaber- 

 ulous, minutely hairy on the 

 callus and with a delicate 

 awn 5 to 15 mm long. % - 



Figure 796.— Muhlenbergia arenicola. Plant. X 1; glumes 

 and floret, X 10. (Hitchcock 13602, Tex.) 



-Rocky or sandy woods, Massachusetts to 



