﻿Nash : New or noteworthy American Grasses 89 



the greater part of the panicle ; ligule a ring of very short hairs ; 

 leaves erect, 2-5 dm. long, 1 cm. or less wide at the base, attenu- 

 ated into a long slender point ; panicle yellowish white, shining, 

 strict, rigid, 3-5 dm. long, 6-10 mm. thick, the greater portion 

 included in the sheath, its branches appressed ; spikelets numer- 

 ous, 3 mm. long, the scales narrow, acuminate, 1 -nerved, the 

 nerves hispidulous toward the apex, the first scale one-half as long 

 as the second which equals or slightly exceeds the third ; palet a 



little shorter than the scale, acute; grain oval, about 1.5 mm. 

 long. 



Type collected by Mr. E. O. Wooton on the White Sands, 

 Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, on August 26, 1897. No. 394. 

 Also secured on adobe soil at Mesilla, on June 22, of the same 

 year. No. 582. 



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largest species of the genus in the country, and that they appear 

 perfectly distinct, no intergrading forms occurring. 



