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Fig. 579. Festuca sciurea Nutt. Trans. Aimi. I'liil. Soc. 5 

 147. 1837. A sleuder, erect, ciespitoso iiruiual l..j to 5 dui high, 

 with .short, filiforiu leaves aud narrow, simplo panicles "> to 20 cui. 

 long. .Spikeleta 1 to tj mm. long, 8- to 7-llo\vcred, with uueciual 

 empty glumes (a), the second 3-nerved, and very narrow (lowering 

 glumes which are pilose, especially above, and terminate in slender 

 awns 8 to ll.* mm. long. ^Arkansas, Indian Territory, Mississif)]"!, 

 and Texas. 



Distiugnishird iVoni /'. octojloru ly its pll()S(^ lloweriug glumes 

 and longer awua. 



