SACATON 



Sporo'bolus wrigh'tii 



G113 



Flower head (panicle) oblong 

 in outline, commonly 1 to 2 

 (occasionally 2.'.?) ft. long, erect, 

 with ascending or spreading 

 branches 



Individual flower groups (spike- 

 lets) 1 -flowered, numerous 



Flower bracts (lemma and pa- 

 lea) firm, thin, about equal, 

 longer than the glumes, smooth, 

 without bristles, lacking basal 

 haiis; "seed" free from the 

 flov.-er bracts and loosely en- 

 closed by the outer "seed" coat 

 (psrioarp) 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts 

 (glumes) unequal, without 

 bristles (awnless), persistent 



Leaves narrow, the margins 

 inrolled, 1 to 2 (occasionally 

 3%) ft. long; sheaths smooth 

 or sparingly hairy at the throat 



Stalks (culms) stout, tufted, 

 erect, 2 to 6 (occasionally 8) ft. 

 tall, leafy, solid 



Hoots perennial, coarse, 

 fibrous 



