Xo. 9. 

 STIPA EMINENS div. Ic I'l. v. 4L'. t. »fi7. 



Plant perennial, tufted. 



('idmx erect, slender, terete, his])idnlnu.s, pubescent near the n(xles, - to -l feet 

 high; lower internodes short, covered with weatlier-worii sheaths. 



Lea res of culm 3 or 4; sheaths rather loose, striate, nearly smooth, sliorter than 

 the internodes; blades of lower leaves clo.sely convolutctiliform, (i to 10 inches long, 

 of upper leaves less convolute, hispid on both surfaces, slender-])ointed, 3 lines wide, 

 4 to (i inches long; ligule niembianaceous, truncate, erose, decnnent, | line long. 



InJiorcHvncc a slender, ticxuons or nodding, secund panicle, rather loose, often 

 included at base; branches in fives, threes or twos, usually pubescent at the axils, 

 slender, tiexuous. tlie longei- ones (3 to 4 inches) racemose ami bearing fi to 10 s])il<elets 

 beyond tlie niitldle, the shorter branches spikelet-bearing to the l)ase. 



Spil-eh'tx pedicellate, l-flowered, 5 to 6 lines long; empty glumes divergent, lance- 

 olate, subulate-i)ointed, membranaceous, smooth, puri)le or nearly white; first glume 3- 

 nerved, 4 to G lines long; second glume a line shorter and .'iiierxed; stipe curved, 

 acute, bearded, }f line long; floret spindle- shai)ed constricted to a sliglit neck below 

 the apex, 'J.J to 3 lines long, .\ line thick: floral glume thin, chartaceous, clothed with 

 short, ajtpressed pubescence (slightly longer at the minutely bidentate ai»ex),r)-nerved; 

 awn twisted, minutely pubescent, bent, 1 to li inches long; palet broadly ovate, 

 acute, '^ line long; h)dicules less than A line long; anthers slightly bearded or 

 naked; grain spindle-shaped, light brown. 



Plate IX; a, spikelet eidarged twice; b, empty glumes; c, floral glume and its 

 apex much enlarged; d, ])alet. 



Southern and Lower California, confined mostly to the coast ranges and tbothills. 



