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Fig. 446. Muhlenbergia monticola Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila. 1862, 91. — A slender, wiry, much-branched perennial 

 3 to 6 dm. high, with short, narrow leaves and strict (or in anthesis 

 spreading) panicles 8 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets with unequal 

 empty glumes, the longer second one 2 mm. long and usually 

 obtuse or toothed at the apex; the narrow flowering glume is 

 3 mm. long, pilose near the base and tipped with a very slender 

 flexuose awn 10 to 15 mm. long. — Dry soil, Texas to Arizona. 

 [Mexico]. August-October. 



