4. Hilaria cenchroides H. B. K. CURLY MESQUITE.—a, A group o 
cane. spikelets b, one of the staminate spikelets; d, the i oe spikelet, 
removed. e exserted stigmas; c,two staminate florets, the 
oo ome Other species 0: f this genus are illustrated by figures 19, 20, ce 2 
0 
iM. HILARIA H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. ae 6, L&7: 1815. Spikelets sessile, 
spikes, the several ‘groups falling off entire; the two outer or anterior capi 
) pil 
ie * F Hermaphrodite, -. flowered. Empty or outer glumes firmer in tee 
, entire 
at the apex or more jm prey usually ‘unequally 2-lobed with one ‘to sey- 
eral intermediate awns or awn-like divisions; glumes of sue inner or fertile 
flow 1 Styles connate 
below; ‘ain o ble : 
glumes, free. Cespitose or decumbent grasses, often stolonifero us with flat or 
leaves and terminal, 
—* the Southwest, ranging from Colorado to Mexico. 
