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Fig. 543. Poa fendleriana (Steutl.) Vasey, 111. X. Am. C4rasses. 

 2 : 74. 1893, in part. {Era(jrost[s fendleriana Steutl., Gram, 278. 

 1855. Fendler's Blue-Grass. Mutton Grass. — Au erect, cses- 

 pitose perennial 3 to 6 dm. liigh, with nnmerous, rather narrow 

 basal leaves and narrow panicles -1 to 8 cm. long. Spikelets 4- to 

 8-flowered, 7 to 8 mm. long. Flowering glumes pubescent below 

 on the keel and marginal nerves, otherwise smooth. — Mesas and 

 dry hills, Colorado to Arizona and California. April-June. 



