b 
Fie¢, 91. Munroa squarrosa (Nutt.) Torr. FALSE BUFFALO-GRASS,—a, A 
spikelet; », the outer empty glumes; ¢, a floret. 
91. MUNROA Torr. Pac. R.R. Rept. 45: 158. 1857, spades aon 
hermaphrodite, 3 to 5 together, and nearly sessile i he flora 
leaves. Rachil ulated above the empty pri goons stow stn 
2, lanceolate, acute hyaline, 1-nerved; flo’ Ting glumes la: than the empty 
ones, , Tetuse, or 3-cleft, th idnerve, or all the nerves xcur- 
rent as short mucronate points. Usually 1 or 2 empty glumes above the flower- 
ing glumes, similar to these, excepting that t they are smaller and narrower. 
h , 2-keeled, inel the floweri ume. § 
Styles distinct, : oosely and shortly plumose, barbe 
Grain inclosed within the fruiting glume and palea, free. Low prmesate 
much-branched annuals with short, — sharp-pointed leaves, which are 
oe Sas cade OF the branches, 
nae = 
