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Fig. 573. Pestuca kingii (S.Wats. )Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. 

 Agros. 5 : 36. 1897. (Festuca confinis Vasey ; Poa Kingii S. Wats. 

 Bot. King's Exp. 387. 1871.) King's Fescue.— A stout, erect, 

 strongly ctespitose perennial 6 to 9 dm. high, with rigid culms, 

 long, narrow leaves, aud contracted panicles 8 to 10 cm. long. 

 Spikelets (a) 3- to 5-flowered, 6 to 8 mm. long, with ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute outer glumes, and scabrous, rather rigid flowering 

 glumes about 6 mm, long. — Dry mountain sides, Montana to Ore- 

 gon and south to Colorado and Nevada. May-August. 



