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Fig. 8. ANDROPOGON TORKEYANTJS Steud. Nom. 1 : 93. ed. 2. 1840. (A. 

 glaums Torr. 1824, not Muhl. 1817; A. Jamesii Torr. 1862.) A saccharoidcs tor- 

 reyanus Hack, in DC. Munog. Phanerog. Prod. 1 : 495. TORREY'S BEARD- 

 GRASS.— A native perennial 3-9 dm. (l°-3°) high, with rather long, usually 

 glaucous, flat leaves, and narrow .silvery-bearded panicles 5 10 cm. (2'-4') 

 long. First glume (b) of the .sessile spikelet (a) 3-4 mm. (l|"-2") long; awn 

 (e) 8-16 mm. (4"-8") long, geniculate and twisted below— Dry prairies and 

 mesas, Kansas to Texas, New Mexico, and Nevada. July to October. 



A form with very short or nearly obsolete awns. var. submuticcs Vasey. in 

 DC. Monog. Phan. 6 : 495. occurs in Texas. 



