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Fig. 554. Poa giacillima ^':lsey, Coutrib. Xat. Herb. 1 : 272. 

 1893. Slender Speak-(;i:ass.— .\ smooth, deusely tnfted, erect 

 perennial, with soft, narrow. Hat leaves and open panicles 8 to 10 

 ciM. long. Spikclets (a) 3-to 5-llowcred, 6 to 8 mm. long, with rather 

 distant lloretH, acnte empty glumes and obtuse flowering glumes, 

 which are 3 to 4 mm. long and scabrous or pubescent on the keel 

 and nerves below.— Dry. rocky soil on ridges and mountain sides, 

 central and northern California to Washington and British Colum- 

 bia. May-August. 



