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Fig. 503. Orcuttia greenii A^asey, Coult. Bot. Gaz. 16 : 146. 

 1891 ; 111. X. Am. Grasses, 2 : 50. Cnico Grass.— A rigid, Cfespilose, 

 and more or less branching, leafy annual 1 to 2.5 dm. high, with 

 narrow and rather densely iiowered spikes 2 to 6 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets (a) compressed, 8 to 12 mm. long, 9- to 15-flowered, with many- 

 nerved, papillate-pilose and dentate glumes. — Chico, Cal. June. 



