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Fig. 431. Stipa macounii Scribn. Macoim Cat. Can. PL 5 : 390. 

 1890. (S. richardsonii A. Gray, 1856, not Link, 1833.) Macoun's 

 Stipa. — A slender, densely ctespitose perennial 3 to 6 dm. high, 

 with very narrow leaves and few-flowered panicles 4 to 10 cm. 

 long. Empty glumes (a) about 4 mm. long, the pubescent flower- 

 ing glumes a little shorter than the empty ones. Awn, 8 to 10 

 mm. long. — Maine to Lake Superior and northward. July- 

 August. 



