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Fig. 52. Blepharoneuron tricholepis (Torr.) Nash. (Vilfa tricholepis Torr.). — 

 a, Empty or outer glumes ; b, the flowering glume and palea, both hairy. 



52. BLEPHAEONEUEON Nash, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 25 : 88. 1898. Spikelets 

 1-flowered, hermaphrodite. Empty glumes 1-nerved, glabrous, the 2d about as 

 long as the flowering glume; flowering glume 3-nerved, the nerves densely 

 pilose with long silky hairs for nearly their entire length, midnerve often 

 shortly excurrent at apex. Palea as long as its glume, 2-nerved, densely pilose 

 between the nerves. Stamens 3. Styles 2, distinct; stigmas plumose. Tufted 

 perennial grasses with flat leaves and loosely-flowered open panicles. 



Species 1 or 2, Southwestern States and Mexico. (The genus is based on Vilfa 

 tricholepis Torr.) 





