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Fig. 425. Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr. Agrost. 3 : 75. 1842. 

 Nkedle Grass. — A rather stout, erect, cfespitose perennial 

 3 to 9 dm. high, with mostly involute leaves and loosely-flowered 

 panicles 16 to 24 cm. long. Spikelets wiih nearly equal long- 

 attenuate-pointed empty glumes (a) about 24 mm. long, and 

 thinly pubescent flowering glumes (6) about 12 mm. long. Awn 

 slender, 8 to 10 cm. long, strongly flexuous or variously curled 

 and twisted.— Dry sandy soil, British Columbia to California and 

 eastward to the Dakotas and Nebraska. May-September. 

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