Fie. "- 1 A Munro in Vasey, U. S. Dept. Agr. D 
2 121: 1, pl. 1. 1890. SILKY EVERLASTING-GRASS.—A * e 
ufted Told 3-10 dm. (19-349) high, with numerous basal le 
veri simple, racemose panicles 15-20 cm. (6’-8’) long, consisting of 6 to 10 
alternate, appressed branches, the lower ones about 2 em ui > length. 
he 
0-25 
Pad long, softly pubescent. Spikelets (b, €) baue acute, 
m. (14-2) “ld imbricate in two rows along one side of foe flat rachis 
gl er is 8 
by d and the palea bye. Pedicels (shown in a) bearing hairs e as the 
spikelets,—Dry soils, Texas to Arizona, September. 
