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Trin. & Rupr. dye 9:45. 1842. 
FEATHER-GRASS. A rather stout, erect, cespitose pere nnial 3-6 dm. 
high, with long, narrow, radical leaves an d erect, pose ee j 
(58) long. Spikelets 16-18 mm. (&"-9") long; empty s glumes (a) nearly 
acuminate, hyaline, the first 3, the second 5- to 7 flowering 
densely bearded, 10-12 mm. (%% long, silky-pu ien cent throughout, 
but distinetly 2-toothed; idi ay (14-37) ong, plumose below tbe 
with white, silky hairs 6 mm. (3”) long, smooth above.—Dry soil 
and Lower California. Puch America) apt 
