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Fig. 578. Festuca microstachys Nutt. Jouni. Acad. (n. ser. ) 

 1:187. 1848; Vasey 111. N. Am. Grasses, 2:91.) Smali.-toi'Peu 

 Fkscuk.— A slender, c:i-spitosc annual 1 to i dm. hif^h, with nar- 

 row, filiform leaves and simple, racemose or spike-like panicles 

 2 to 10 cm. long. Spikelets 1- to 5-flowered with nearly equal 

 empty glumes and awned flowering glumes 4 to mm. long; 

 awu 6 to 10 mm. long.— Utah, Nevada, and Idaho to Vancouver 

 Island, southward to Arizona and southern California. April- 

 .June. 



