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Fig. 1.54. DESCHAMPSIA HOLCIFORMIS Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 251. 1830. 

 CALIFORNIAN HAIR-GRASS.— A stout, erect perennial 6-15 dm. (2°-5°) high, 

 with long and rather rigid basal leaves and densely flowered, more or les-s 

 interrupted panicles 12-24 cm. (5'-100 long. Spikelets (a) about 6 mm. (3") long 

 with acute empty glumes and ovate-lanceolate, irregularly 4-toothed, awned 

 flowering glumes (b) which are silky-tufted at the base; awn stout, inserted 

 near the base and barely exceeding the glume. — Moist meadows, CaUffornia, 

 near the coast. April. 



