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Fig. 440. Stipa speciosa Triu. tV, Rujir. >Sp. Gram. Stip. 45. 

 1842. Showy Feather-grass. A rather stout, erect, ca'spitose 

 perennial 3 to 6 dm. high, with long, narrow, radical leaves and 

 erect, contracted panicles 12 to 16 cm. long. Spikelets 16 to 18 

 mm. long, with silky-pubescent dowering glumes (b) 10 to 12 mm. 

 long. Awn 3 to 4 cm. long, plumose below the middle. Dry soil, 

 Coh)ra(lo and Arizona to southern and Lower California. [South 

 America.] April-September. 



