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Fig. 426. Stipa oregonensis Scribn. new name. (S. stricia 

 Vasey, not Lam.) Narrow-topped Feather-grass. — A slender, 

 erect, tufted perennial 3 to 5 dm. high, with narrow, setaceouslv 

 pointed leaves and contracted, erect panicles 8 to 16 cm. long. 

 Empty glumes (a) 10 mm. long, exceeding the thinly pubescent 

 flowering glumes. Awn 24 to 36 mm. long, pubescent or subplu- 

 mose in the lower half. — Oregon and Washington. 



