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Fig. 428. Stipa neo-mexicana (Thmlieij. new ooiiil). (5. jjcm- 

 iiaia neo-mcxicana Thurber in ^"asey, 111. N. Auur. Gras.ses (f - : No. 

 X, 1891.) Nkw Me.mcax Fkather-guass.— a latlicr stout, erect, 

 densely tufted perennial 8 to 9 dm. liij;li, with involute leaves and 

 naiiow, raccaiose panicles 8 to 10 cm. long. Awns 8 to 12 cm. 

 long, I'eatiier-plnuiosc exct-pting near the base.— High northern 

 slopes ot the mountains of southern Colorado, New Me.xico, Ari- 

 zona, and Texas. May-September. Ornamental. 



