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Fig. 440. Stipa speciosa 'I'riii. lV Kiipr. Sp. Gram. Stip. 45. 

 1842. Showy Featiieu-(;kass.— A ratlu?!' istout, erect, cu'spitose 

 pereujiial 3 to 6 dm. high, with long, narrow, radical leaves and 

 erect, contracted panicles 12 to 16 cm. long. Spikelets 16 to 18 

 mm. long, with silky-pubescent llowcriiig glumes (ft) 10 to 12 mm. 

 long. Awn 3 to 4 cm. long, pluuiose below tlic middle. — Dry soil, 

 Colorado and Arizona to southern and Lower Califi>niia. [South 

 America.] April-September. 



