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Fig. 576. Festuca dasyclada Hackl. in Beal, Grasses N. Am. 

 2 : 602. 1896. Haokel's Fescue.— A slender perennial 2 to 4 dm. 

 high, the culms often geniculate below, with smooth sheaths, nar- 

 row leaves, and ovoid-pyramidal panicles 7 to 12 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets usually 2-flowered, about 7 mm. long, with acute empty glumes 

 (b) and scabrous, short-awned flowering glumes (a) about 6 mm. 

 long. — Southern California and (?) Utah. 



