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Fig. 556. Poa nudata Scribn., Cir. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Agros. 

 9 : 1. Feb. 24, 1899. {Poa capillaris Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Div. Agros., Bull. 11 : 51, fig. 11. July 20, 1898, not Linn.) Fixe- 

 leafed Blue-grass. — A slender, erect, densely crespitose peren- 

 nial 3 to 4 dm. high, with capillary, flexuous basal leaves and 

 long-exserted densely flowered panicles 3 to 5 cm. long. Spikelets 

 3- to 5-flowered, 7 to 10 mm. long, with broadly lanceolate, acute 

 empty glumes; flowering glumes 4 to 5 mm. long, scabrous on the 

 back, with short, appressed hairs near the base. — California. 



