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Figure 523. — Muhlenbergia sinuosa. Plant, X 1 ; spikelet and 

 ligule, X 10. (Type.) 



Figure 524. — Muhlenbergia tex- 

 ana. Plant, X 1 ; spikelet and 

 floret, X 10. (Wright 736, 

 western Texas.) 



the length of the plant, the delicate mm. long, sparsely hirsute; lemma 



branches ascending or spreading; 1.6 to 1.8 mm. long, minutely silky 



spikelets about 1.5 mm. long, on on the nerves below, slightly notched 



capillary mostly spreading pedicels and with a delicate awn 1 to 1.3 mm. 



2 to 5 mm. long; glumes 1 and 1.5 long, the awns sometimes fallen in 



