GRASSES OF IOWA. 



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glumes are acute, unequal, the first one-nerved, shorter than the 

 three-nerved second; flowering glumes 3 lines long. Awns of 

 less length than the flowering glume. July to August. 



Fig. 194. Festuca rubra— a,, spikelet;b, flowering glurae and palet. 

 (Charlotte M. King.) 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Iowa. Dysart (Sirrine) ; 670 Dysart (Miss Sirrine) ; Ames (Sir- 

 rine). See page 281, foot note, for Festuca ovina. 



North America. Colorado (Larimer County, 70 Pammel), Utah 

 (West Bear River, 76 and 84, Pammel and Stanton), Wyoming 

 (Griffith and Williams; Sheridan, Pammel), California (Anderson). 



General. Found in Europe from the British Islands, east through 

 Europe and Asia. 



