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about one-third as long as the spike- 

 let, obtuse, often erose; lemma ob- 

 scurely pubescent below, tapering to 

 an acuminate or awned tip. % — 

 Open ground, northeastern Califor- 

 nia. 







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Figure 562. — Muhlenbergia curtisetosa. Glumes and 

 floret, X 10. (Wolf 30, 111.) 



Figure 563. — Muhlenbergia jonesii. Plant, X 1; 

 glumes and floret, X 10. (Austin 1230, Calif.) 



45. Muhlenbergia montana (Nutt.) 



Hitchc. Mountain muhly. (Fig. 564.) 



Perennial; culms densely tufted, 



Figube 561.— Muhlenbergia erect, 15 to 60 cm. tall; sheaths gla- 



schreberi. Plant, x y 2 \ brous, mostly basal, becoming flat 



clunics find floret X 10 



(Curtiss 3400, Tenn.) and loose; blades flat to involute, 1 



to 2 mm. wide; panicle narrow, rather 



