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Fig. 575. Festuca jonesii Yasey, Contrib. Nat. Herb. 1 : 278. 

 1893. Jones's Fescue. — An erect, usually slender, ciespitose, 

 leafy perennial 6 to 12 dm. high, with flat leaves 10 to 24 cm. 

 long and open, nodding panicles 15 to 30 cm. long. Spikelets 

 about 12 mm. long, including the awns, 3- to 5-flowered, with une- 

 qual, acute empty glumes (b) and narrow flowering glumes about 

 5 mm. long. — Moist places near springs and borders of woodlands 

 in the mountains, Wyoming, Utah, California to Vancouver 

 Island, and Alaska. June-August. 



