G70 



GALLETA 



Hila'ria jame'sii, syn. Pleura' phis jame'sii 



Flower heads (spikes)-^-often 



urplish) erect, up to 3# in. 

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ng 



Individual flower groups (spike- 

 lets) long-hairy at bases, in 

 stalkless groups of 3's at each 

 joint of spike axis (rachis), the 

 groups falling entire, of 2 kinds: 

 (1) central spikelet 1 -flowered, 

 seed-producing; (2) 2 side ones 

 pollen-producing 



Lowest (2) central spikelet 

 bracts (glumes) hairy, wedge- 

 shaped, 2-lobed, with 5 to 7 

 bristles (awns) 



Lowest (2) lateral spikelet 

 bracts (glumes) narrow; 1st 

 glume awned on one side from 

 about the middle, unequally 

 2-lobed; 2d glume awnless 



Stalks (culms) conspicuously 

 hairy at the joints, erect, 12 to 

 20 in. high 



Leaves mostly basal, rarely 

 up to 6 hi. long, rigid, bluish, 

 harsh 



Rootstocks long-creeping, 

 scaly, stout 



Roots fibrous, numerous 



