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Fi(;.449. Muhlenbergia parvigluniis ^'llsey, Coutrib.Nat. Jlurb. 

 3 : 71. 18il2. Small-(;hmei) Duop-SKEi). A slender, erect peren- 

 nial 3 to 6 dm. high, often branching, witli rather rigid, narrow 

 leaves and narrow jjanicles 8 to 1 1 cm. h)ng. Spikelets abont 3 imn. 

 long, wiili minute, nearly ocjual and obtnse empty glumes (), one- 

 fourth to one-fifth a.s long as the narrow, sharply two-toothed 

 flowering glume, which bears a slcn<ler awn between the teeth 12 

 to 20 mm. long. Texas. Sejitoniber, Oetober. 



