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Fig. 166. Avena mortoiiiana Scrilm. ; Bot. Gaz., 21 : 133. 

 Mortox's Oat-grass. — A densely ca*spitose, erect perennial 1 to 

 2.5 dm. high, with rather rigid leaves and narrow, simple pani- 

 cles of one- to two-flowered spikelets. — At 3,900 to 4,200 m. alti- 

 tude, mountains of Colorado. August. 



