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Fic. 424. STIPA AVENA ES Nash, Pus Torr. Bot. Club, 22: 428. zn 
FEATHER-GRASS.—A er Bacar erect, smooth ENS n dm. ce 4n 
high, with long involute-se leav: le panic € 
on ths about one-half as long as the internodes, incl ea 
glabrous, the basal ones e dm. (1°) long, of the culm BERLL 
Spikelets few, with acuminate empty glumes (a) 16-20 mm. See in me 
5 glumes (b), i including the 3 14-16 mm. () long, b d 
ring of short brown x, otherwise smooth; callus 68 
(94^) long ng, eovered with appressed cos silky hai which increase 
length toward the base of the glume; awn 8-10 em 65 long, b 
below, twice geniculate.— Florida, in pine lands near Cassia, Lake 
March to qu vs : 
Distinguished from cree avenacea Linn.,by its much longer empty 2 
ane langer flowering glum 
