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Fig. 441. Oryzopsis webberi (Thiirb.) Vasey, Bull. Torr. Bot. 

 Clul), 15 : 49. IXHX. {Eriocoma wehberi Tburb. in Brewer A: S. 

 Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 283. 1880). A slender, wiry, and densely 

 tufted perennial 1 to 2 dm. high, with rij^id, pnngent-pointed, 

 convolute leaves, and narrow, few-llowered panicles, 2 to 5 cm. 

 long. Spikelets about X nun. long with acuminate empty glumes, 

 and awned dowering glumes which aredcnstdy clothed with white, 

 silky hairs. Awn very slender, about I mm. long. California. 



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