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Fic;. 425. Stipa comata Triu. *fe Rupr. Af^rost. 3 : 75. 1S42. 

 Nkkdle Grass. A rather stout, erect, c;espitoso perenuinl 

 3 to 9 dm. hij^h, with mostly iuvohito leaves and loosely-llowered 

 panicles H! to 21 cm. lonjj;. Spikelets wiiii nearly equal lon;^- 

 attenuate-poiuted emi)ty j^liiincs (a) about 24 mm. lonjj, and 

 thinly pubescent llowering flumes (/>) about 12 mm. lnnij. Awn 

 slender, S to 10 em. lonL(, sti'onijjly llexuous or variously curled 

 and twisted. Dry sandy soil, lUitish Columbia to Calilornia and 

 eastward to the Dakotas and Nebraska. May-.September. 

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