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Fk;. li:!. Aiistida califomica Tliurl). ill l{rewerfc S. Wats. Bot. 

 Calif. 2 : 2.S9. 1880. IIauk's (iu.vss A sltiiidcr, densely tufted, 

 pubescent perennial, witii very uarrow involutt^ leaA'es and raee- 

 inose, fc\v-ll()\v(!red jiaiiicles 2 to 1 cm. lnn<r. Outer gluuies 

 une(]ual; lloworiiig glume shorter than the first glume. Awus 

 Nlender, neatly ecjuul, ;{to4 cm. long, twisted helow into a slender 

 stipe, whi(h is articulatiMl with the lloweriug glume. Dry, desert 

 places, Arizona to soutlnnii and Lower t'alit'ornia. May. 



