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Fig. 131. Epicampes ligulata Scribn. sp. nov. — A stout, rigid 

 perennial 6 to 12 dm. high, with narrow, very scabrous leaves and 

 strict, rather densely flowered panicles 20 to 40 cm. long. Leaves 

 long-attenuate pointed, rigid, and subinvolute at the base, where 

 they are much narrower than the rigid ligule, which is 10 to 30 mm. 

 long. Spikelets dark purple, glumes subequal. — Cool slopes and 

 canyons, mountains of New Mexico and Arizona. [Mexico.] Au- 

 gust, September. 



