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Fig. 433. Stipa bloomeri ISolaud. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4 : 

 168. 1870. (6'. sifriVico Thiiib., not Laui.) Bloo.mek's Stii-a. A 

 slender, densely cii-spitose perennial 3 to 9 dm. bi^b, nitb bmii, 

 narrow or involute leaves and more or less oi>en panicles ll' to 21 

 cm. loni;. Spikelets 8 mm. lonji, empty glnmes (a) acute, ouo- 

 fourtli loUf^er tlian tin; hairy llowering glum (b). Awn 12 to 18 

 mm. long. CaliCornia :iiid Montana. 



