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Fig. 91 . STIPA MONGOLICA Turcz. in Trin. Gram. Suppl. 42. 1836.— A slen- 

 der, densely tufted perennial about 3 dm. (1°) high, with short, setaceous leaves 

 and loosely few-flowered, purplish panicles 7-10 cm. {2k' -4') long; empty 

 glumes (a) 5 mm. (2|") long, equal, obtuse,smooth, subhyaline; flowering glume 

 {b ) about 4 mm. (2") long, thinly hairy below and at the 2-toothed apex; callus 

 short, obtuse; awn 12-16 mm. (6"-8") long, geniculate and twisted below, long- 

 plumose-hairy. Palea nearly as long as the glume.— Mountains of Colorado. 

 (Eastern Asia). 



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