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Fig. 427. Stipa hassei ^"asey, Contrib. Nat. Herb. 1 : 267. 18!)3. 

 HaSSE's FKATiii-.R-ciHASs. A slender, wiry, and densely tufted 

 perennial, .S to 4.r)dni. Iiigb, witii narrow, almost thread-like, erect 

 'eaves and narrow ])anieles 4 totWun. loiij^. Spikeiets aboutGuini. 

 lon>^, with narrowly lanceolate, nearly ciiual, acute empty j^dunies 

 (a) which slightly exceed the smooth llowering glume. Awn 16 

 to 18 mm. long, smooth. Dry soil, ridges, etc., southern Califor- 

 nia. April. 



