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oe 137. STIPA VASEYI Scribn. U. A ae Agr. Div. Agros. Bul. 11: 46. 
GR aa ha viridula var. robusta Vase Stipa robusta Nutt.) S 1 
RASS. A stout, erect pere 
nnial 13154 m. dan high, with long, flat leaves 
ra erect, densely flowered panicles 30-45 em. (12/-18^) long. 
mm. (57) long; empty glumes (a) firm in texture, minutely but distinetly 
Scabrous on the ba k; flowering glumes (b) pubescent, 6-7 mm. (3”-3}”) long. 
palea is shown by lorado, New Mexico, southern California. (Mex- 
June to September. 
* grass, although producing a large bulk of stems and leaves, is regarded 
Bur dee — It is said that when it is eaten in the fresh state 
crazed 1 a narcotic isonous effect, causing the animals to become 
z 2 ocoed, " loco weed (Astra- 
galus mon, 4 its ion resembling that of the deadly ( 
