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Fig. 438. Stipa scribneri Vasey, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 11 : 125. 

 1884. Scribner's Feather-grass. — A stout, erect, smooth peren- 

 nial 4.5 to 7.5 dm. high, with rather long, narrow, involute- 

 pointed leaves and contracted panicles 12 to 16 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets 12 to 14 mm. long, with pubescent flowering glumes (6) 

 which are 6 to 10 mm. long and crowned with a tuft of rather 

 long hairs. — Dry soil of mesas and canyons, Colorado and Xew 

 Mexico. June-September. 



