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Fig. 94. ORYZOPSIS FIMBRIATA (H. B. K.) Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 

 3 : 538. 1885. (Stijxifimbriata H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. PI. 1 : 126. 1815. ) A slen- 

 der, tufted perennial 5-8 dm. (20'-30'j high, with very narrow, involute leaves 

 and loosely flowered panicles 10-13 cm. (4'-5') long, the lower branches in twos 

 or threes, capillary, few-flowered. Spikelets (a) about 6 mm. (3") long, a little 

 longer than the densely pubescent flowering glume (6); callus bearded, short, 

 and obtuse. Palea as long as its glume. Awn 12-16 mm. long, twisted below.— 

 In canyons and under limestone cliffs, mountains of western Texas to Califor- 

 nia. (Mexico and Lower California.) July to September. 



