No. Ifi. 

 STIPA STRICTA Vasoy. r.iill. Toir. rinl.. x. 42. 



Phnit iicrciiiiial, somewhat cespitose. 



Culm erect. sim]>le. sleinlt'r. terete, jdibescent at tlie nodes. 1 to li feet liijili. 



Lctircs from tin- Itasi'. witli sliort slieatlis and narrow involute blades 10 to l.T 

 inches loiif;:. Leaves of the culin L' or .5; sheaths rather loose, striate, minutely hispid, 

 loiif^erthan tlie internodcs; blades eouduplieate or involute, 1 to 2 lines wide, .'{ to <i 

 inelies long'; lij:ulc mendiranaceous. lacerate, the lateral teeth longer. 



Inflorescence a narrow, erect panicle included below in theu])per sheath; branches 

 mostly iTi twos or threes or upjier ones single, ai))iressed. unequal, 1 inch long or less, 

 the longer branched and i)earing 3 to ."i spikelets beyond the middle. 



>Spikelets oblanceolate, narrow, ."> to (> lines long; empty glumes appressed, lance- 

 olate, slender pointed, convex and herbaceous below, thin-membranaceous and carinate 

 above, sometimes jjuriilish, .S-nerved, or both sometimes o-nerved at base; first glume 

 ')i to (i lines long: second glume usually half a line shorter; stii)e slender, curved, acute, 

 short-bearded, i line long; floret .spindle shajied, 2.^ to 3 lines long, j^ line thick; floral 

 glume thin, chartaceous, with 2 ciliate teeth A line long at the apex, clothed throughout 

 with close, short ])nl)esence, •'•■nerved; awn twisted and pubescent below, naked abo\(', 

 usually bent twice, li to 2 inches long; palet lanceolate, cleft or erose-deutate at the 

 apex, pubescent between the 2 nerves, 1^ lines long; lodicules slender, § line long; 

 anthers naked ; grain spindle-shaped, olive-brown, 2i lines long. 



Plate X^'I ; n. iianicle: /*. s])ikelet partly dissected enlarged 3 times. 



In the Sierra Nevada Mountains Imni central California to Washington. I'robably 

 a good species for sheep pastures. 



