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Fi(i. 501. Blepharidachne kingii (S. Wats.) ITackcl in DC. 

 Moiiog. I'hau. 6 : 261. 1889. {L'reiiiuchloe kiiKjii ,S. Wats, in Bot. 

 King's Exped. 382, t. 40. 1871.) King's Dksert-grass.— A low, 

 denselj' tufted piTennial 0.2 to 0.6 dm. bigh, with nnnierons short, 

 .spreading, lecnrved leaves and deu.sely llowered, suhcapitate pan- 

 ieh'S partly inclosed in the upper leaf-sliealhs. Spikelet.s .ihout 

 3-flowered, with lanceolate, acute empty glumes («) 6 to 7 luin 

 long. Flowering glumes {h) densely hairy at the base aiul along 

 the keel and marginal nerves, the nerves extending into short 

 awns, the middle one longest (c).— Dry foothills in the deserts of 

 Nevada and Arizona. April-.Iuly. 



