No. 2.3. 

 MUHLENBERGIA PARISHII V:is..y. Hull. T..n. rinl,. xiii. .-).■}. 



I'linit pcreriiiiiil. lo.iscly tutted. 



Culms weak, asi-eiiding, jifiiiciilate, and nficii lootiii;;' below, ditlu.sely braiicliiii},'. 

 lower internodcs smooth and shining, hispid hduw ilic panicle, 2 to ."} feet high. 



/y<v((,v,S' of cnhn (i to 12; slieaths liisi)id. usually fxcccdiiig the iutciiiiides; liladrs 

 flat, liispid on both sides, •")• to 7-nerved. 2 t(i •> linens wide and .'i to ."i iueiies long; liguie 

 membranafeous, obtuse, ciliate, 1 line long or less. 



InJiorrsccnve-AU erect, linear panicle. 4 toli inches long, interru])ted below; blanches 

 sliglitly exceeding the intervals, li inches long or less, crowded to the base with nearly 

 sessile spikelets on the short subdivisions. 



Spikt'U'ts Uixrvitw, 1-tlowered, li to 2 lines long; eniiity glumes lancco\ale, acute 

 or bidentate, carinate, niend)raiiaceoiis, his)iidulous. colorless excejit the green, liispid 

 midnerve which is e.xcurrent in a hispid nuii to or awn ^ to i as long as the glume, 

 subequal, exceeding the Horct, IJ to 2 lines long: tloret spindle-shaped, not caducous, 

 lA lines long; tloral glume lanc(>-ovate, acute, inembianaccous. tinn. sjiaiingly villous 

 at base, 3-nerved, the lateral nerves uniting at tlic apex witli the midnerve excurrent 

 in a hispid awn I to 2 lines long; palet e(|ualing the glume, lanceolate, nearly acute 

 or slightly <-left at the apex, \illous like the glume at the base; stamens .'5; branching 

 stigmas bright purjile; grain spindle-sliai)c('. tajieriiig abruiitly to each end. dark 

 reddish-brown. o|)a(|ue, 'f line long. 



Plate WIJI; n. spikelct enlarged .'> times; /*. emiity glumes; c. lloral gimiie: <l. 

 palet. 



Sonthern Caliloi nia. This s)ie<;ies is distinguished from .1/. .s/ilroticti <-hiet1y liy 

 the shorter awns and the more densely spicato inflorescence, and from .1/. ('iilifoniira, 

 which it approaches more closely by the looser panicle, the more (h'l'idcd awns of the 

 empty glumes and the longer awns of the tloral glumes. 



