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A Hpariii^jly ^raiuilu'd aiimml :iO-«tO ctii. lii<;li. Sliciitli^ thinly 

 t'lotlu'il with Hlt'iidcr hiiirpi from warty huscs; 

 lihuh'S Hut, scahrous. S-I'.' cin. hmg. SpikoM 

 '.'U-.")() in imnihor. 15-7 i-ni. h)n;r, in a i>anich'lil\i' 

 rawnii', '2U-;J(> cm. lon^', often partially enclosed 

 by tilt' upper sheath. Spikelets loosely imhri- 

 c'uto, *.*-4-llowercHl, '^-II mm. lon<f; empty f,'liim(^s 

 nieinl»ranoii8, with ono seal)rons nerve, lir.sl 

 hmceolate, nearly ".' mm. long, .second a little 

 broader und longer, mueronate, 3-uorved; floral 

 ghune niembranou.s, 3-nerved, broadly oval, Fio. l{).—fAptor/ifoa 

 emarginate, hairy on the back and margins, l.;3 ("(""'^s'''' ^'l'*^' 

 mm. long; palea broadly hairy, e(|ualling its 

 glume. A form with a few sleuder s})ikes and rather distant 

 spikelet.s is var. truclhi Scribn. 



'rennesseo. ('tii'lif<sM-i^^ from Gattinger: Texas. Jfcl/ :::\ Ih,'- 

 erc/ion, Lindlirimvr 212; New Mexico, Wfiijlil 7.'i(I; .Vrizona, 

 Prinffle in 188-t; California, CouUvr 785; Mexico, Pnhner IIT, 

 13G4. 



Virginia. Illinois, .south and west. 



Var. pulchella Scribn. Hull. Torr. Club. 0: 147 (1885). 



Culms slender, tufted, erecit, 12-24 cm. high, including panicle; 

 blades 2-7 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide; panicle erect, spikes 2-:) cm. 

 long. 



Texas (El Paso), Prinf/Ic; Arizona (near Tucson), PrinffJe; 

 southern California, Orcxtf for Nat. Mus.; Mexico, Pahnvr 50, 

 (51)4. 



3. L. Nealleyi Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club, 12:7 (1885). 



A smooth grass, G()-80 cm. high, lilades 15-25 cm. long. 4 

 mm. wide; ui)per sheaths long and including the base of the pani- 

 cle. Panicle 20-25 cm. long, narrow. Spikes closely flowered, 

 2.5 cm. long, in threes or fives or scattering. Spikelets oval, 3 mm. 

 long, 3-5-flowered, empty glumes ovate, 1-ncrved, first 0.7 mm. 

 long, second twice as long; floral glume oval, 1-1.7 mm. long, 3- 

 nervcd. mueronate in the emarginate apex, pubescent on the nerves; 

 palea oval, as long as its glume, obtuse, pubescent on the nerves. 



