Fig. 2. IMPERATA HOOKERI Rupr. in Anderss. Oefvers. K. Vet. Akad. 

 Forh. Stockh. 12:160. 1855. (Imijerata brevifolin\afiey,Bu\.ToTT.Bot.C\uh, 13: 

 2fi. 1866; 7. caudata Scribn. ibid, 9 : 86. 1882, not Trin. 1833.)— A .stout, glabrous 

 perennial 5-12 dm. (20-4°) high, with strong, creeping rootstocks, flat leaves 10-40 

 cm. (4'-16') long and densely flowered, hairy panicles 18-30 cm. ("'-12') long. 

 Ligule very short, ciliate; leaf blades 7-12 mm. (3i"-6") wide, glaucous, bearded 

 above near the base. Pedicels (a) covered with long white hairs. Spikelets 

 (6) 3-3.5 mm. (li"-2") long; first and second glumes {d and c) clothed on the 

 back with long white hairs; third glume (e) about as long as the first, the 

 fourth or flowering glume (/) a little shorter and narrower.— Borders of alkali 

 springs, etc., western Texas, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Califor- 

 nia, and southward. 



A good grass for holding embankments and in its native habitat it furnishes 

 a small amount of good forage. 



