G83 



MAT MUHLY 



Muhlenber'gia squarro'sa, syn. M. richardso' nis 



Flower heads (panicles) narrow, contracted, 

 often spikelike, }{ to 4 in. long 



Individual flower groups (spikelets) 1-flow- 

 ered, flattened sidewise 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts (glumes) broad, 

 pointed, 1-veined, persistent 



Outer flower bract (lemma) about twice as 

 long as and firmer than the glumes, lance- 

 shaped, pointed or short-bristled (awned) at 

 tip, hairless 



Inner flower bract (palea) 2-nerved; "seed," 

 or grain closely enfolded by lemma and palea 



Stalks (culms) erect, up to 20 in. high, some- 

 what spreading at base and bent at joints 

 (nodes), more or less flattened 



Bract (ligule) at union of leaf blade and 

 sheath, membranous, up to }{s in. long 



Leaves short (up to 2} in. long), narrow; 

 upper leaves often inrolling; sheaths loose 



Rootstocks slender, extensive, scaly, straw- 

 colored 



Roots fibrous 



