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Fig. 427. Stipa hassei Vasey, Contrib. Nat. Herb. 1 : 267. 1893. 

 Hasse's Featiikr-grass. — A .slender, wiry, and densely tufted 

 perennial, 3 to 4. .5 dm. high, with narrow, almost thread-like, erect 

 leaves and narrow panicles 4 to 6 cm. long. Spikelets aboiitGmm. 

 long, with narrowly lanceolate, nearly equal, acute empty glumes 

 (a) which slightly exceed the smooth flowering glume. Awn 16 

 to 18 mm. long, smooth. — Dry soil, ridges, etc., southern Califor- 

 nia. April. 



