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Figure 795. — Hierochloe occidentalis. Plant, X 1; 

 spikelet and fertile floret, X 5. (Bolander, Calif.) 



Culms 60 to 90 cm. tall, with long 

 leaves and creeping rhizomes; sheaths 

 scabrous; blades flat, rather stiffly 

 upright, 25 to 50 cm. long, 8 to 15 

 mm. wide, narrowed to the base, 

 acuminate, scabrous beneath; panicle 



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Figure 794. — Hierochloe odorata. Plant, X Y% ; spikelet, florets, and fertile floret, X 5. (Shear 437, Mont.) 



found in Van Cortlandt Park, New 

 York City, has been described as 

 Hierochloe nashii Kaczmarek (Savas- 

 tana nashii Bickn.). 



3. Hierochloe occidentalis Buckl. 

 California sweetgrass. (Fig. 795.) 



mostly open, 7 to 15 cm. long, the 

 subcapillary branches drooping, loose- 

 ly flowered or the spikelets aggregate 

 toward the ends, the lower branches 

 2.5 to 7 cm. long; spikelets 4 to 5 

 mm. long, the glumes with a pale 



