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Fig. 573. Festucakingii (S.Wats.) Scribn. U. S. Dept. Afxr., l>iv. 

 Agios. 5 : 36. 181*7. {Fesluca conliiiin Yasoy; Poa hlug'ii .S. Wats. 

 Bot. King's Exp. 3H7. 1S71.) Kinc's Kksctk. A stout, erect, 

 strongly c:espitos(! perennial to 9 dui. Iiigli, with rigid culms, 

 long, narrow leaves, and contracted panicles 8 to 10 cm. long. 

 Spikelcts () 3- to .5-flowered, G to 8 mm. long, with ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acnto outer glumes, .-.nd scabrous, rather rigid lloweriug 

 glumes about (I mm long. Dry mountain sides, Montana to Ore- 

 gon Mild south to Colorado and Nevada. May-August. 



