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Fig. 239. DISSANTHELIUM CALIFORNTCUM (Nutt.) Benth. Hook. Icones 

 PI. III. 4 : 56. 1. 1375. 1881. {Stenochloa calif arnica Nutt. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila. II. 1 : 189. 1848. )— A slender, glabrous, branching annual 1-3 dm. (4'-12') 

 high, with short,narrow leaves and contracted,spike-like panicles 4-8 cm. (li'-3') 

 long. Sheaths smooth, rather loose; ligule obtuse, 2-3 mm. {V'-H") long- leaf- 

 blades 10-20 cm. (4'-8') long, 2-4 mm. (l"-2") wide. Spikelets 2 to 3 flowered, 

 about 3 mm. (li") long; empty glumes (a) with scabrous keels, the first 

 1-nerved, the second 3-nerved; flowering glumes (6) ovate-acute, pubescent 

 below.— Santa Catalina Island, southern California and Guadaloupe Islands 

 Lower California. September. ' 



