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Fi(4 14b CALAMAGROSTIS HOWELLH Va<ey, But. Gaz. 6 : 271. 1881. 

 iDeyeuxia hoivelln Y^^ey, Descr. Cat. Grasses U. S. 51. 1885.)-A densely c*spi- 

 tose erect, leaf v perennial 2..>-.5 dm. ( 1°-U°) high, with long narrow basal leaves, 

 and' open panicles 8-15 cm. (3'-^') long. Spikelets 5-6 mm. (2i"-3") long, with 

 lanceolate-acuminate empty glumes (a), the floral ones {b,c) cleft at the apex: 

 awn from below the middle, about 15 mm. (7") long; basal hairs as long as the 

 flowering glume, those of the rudiment (d) longer.-High mountains, Oregon 

 and Washington. June to August. 



\ well marked and handsome .species, remarkable for its long setaceous 

 leaves, both radical and cauline, and for its open panicle and conspicuous awns. 



