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Fig. 556. Poa nudata Sciibn., Cir. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Agros. 

 9: 1. Feb. 24, 1899. {Poa capiJIaris Scribu. U. S. Dept. Agr.. 

 Div. Agros., Bull. 11 : 51, fig. 11. July 20, 1898, uot Linn.) FiXE- 

 LEAFED Blue-guass.— A slcnder, erect, densely cu-spitose peren- 

 nial 3 to 4 dm. liigh, with capillary, flexuous basal leaves and 

 long-exscrted densely flowered panicles 3 to 5 cm. long. Spikciits 

 3- to 5-flowered, 7 to 10 mm. long, with broadly lanceolate, acnte 

 empty glumes; flowering glumes 4 to 5 nun. long, scabrous on the 

 back, with short, appressed hairs near the base. — California. 



