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Fig. 438. Stipa scribneri Vnsoy, Hull. 'I'orr. Hot. Club, 11 : 12.'5. 

 1884. SCHinxKi'.'s Fkatiii:k-(;kass. — A stout, erect, smooth peren- 

 nial 4.5 to 7.5 dm. liij,^li, witli rather long, narrow, iiivf>lute- 

 ]»ointo(l leaves ami contracted iianicloa 12 to 10 ini. Idui;. S]»ike- 

 lets 12 to 14 mm. lonjf, with imhcsci^ut llowcrin;; ylinucs (b) 

 which are (i to 10 mm. long .ind crowned with a tuft ol" rather 

 long hairs. — Dry soil ol" mesas and canyons, Colorado aud New 

 Mexico. .Juue-September. 



