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Fk;. 471. Blepharcueuron tricholepis (Toit.) Nasli, Bull. 

 Ton-. Bot. Club, 25: 88. (f) {nifa tricholepis Torr. Pacif. R. Ry. 

 Rept. 4 : 155. 1857). — A slender, erect, densely ca'spitose perennial 

 2.5 to 6 dm. liigh, with narrow, glabrous leaves and more or less 

 spreading panicles 6 to 18 cm. long. Spikelets 2.5 to 3 mm. long, 

 with the nerves of the dowering glume h) densely clothed with 

 long hairs.— Dry soil, Utah, Colorado to Texas, and westward to 

 Arizona. [Mexico.] July-September. 



