Fig. 471. Blepliarcneuron tricholepis (Torr.) Nash, Bull. 

 Torr. Bot. Club, 25: 88. (?) (Vilfa tricholepis Torr. Pacif. R. Ry. 

 Kept. 4 : 155. 1857). — A slender, erect, densely crespitose perennial 

 2.5 to 6 dm. high, with narrow, glabrous leaves and more or less 

 spreading panicles 6 to 18 cm. long. Spikelets 2.5 to 3 mm. long, 

 with the nerves of the flowering glume b) densely clothed with 

 long hairs. — Dry soil, Utah, Colorado to Texas, and westward to 

 Arizona. [Mexico.] July-September. 



