Chloris subdolichostachya Müll. Hal.

Chloris latisquamea Nash, Bull. Torrey Club 25 : 439. 1898
Chloris verlicillala var. intermedia Vasey. in Coult. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 2: 528. 1894. (Type from Houston, Texas, Hall 773.)
Perennial; culms cespitose, erect, 25-70 cm. tall, somewhat flattened; sheaths overlapping, compressed-keeled, scabrous on the keel, otherwise glabrous, the margins hyaline; ligule membranaceous, 1 mm. long, minutely ciliate; blades flat, or conduplicate near the base, as much as 25 cm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, scabrous, especially on the lower side of the midnerve and on the margins; spikes 6-12, 4-8 cm. long, subdigitate, ascending or spreading; spikelets 2-2.5 mm. long; glumes lanceolate, acute, hyaline, 1-ncrved, scabrous on the keels, the first about 1 mm. long, the second 2 mm. long; fertile floret 2-2.4 mm. long, the callus short-bearded, the lemma acute, ciliate on the keel and margins, the awn 2.5-4.5 mm. long, scabrous; rudiment triangular, 1-1.5 mm. long, as broad as long, the awn 1-3 mm. long, scabrous.
Typb locality: Kerrville, Texas (Heller 1767). Distribution: Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Chloris subdolichostachya C. Mull. Bot. Zeit. 19: 341. 1861
Chloris verlicillala var. aristulata Torr. & Gray, Pacific R. R. Rep. 2: 176. 1855. (Type from Lower
Rio Grande, Gregg.) Chloris brevispica Nash, Bull. Torrey Club 25: 438. 1898. (Type from Nueces County, Texas,
Heller 1471.)
Peretmial; culms erect or sometimes decumbent at the base, 8-20 cm. tall; sheaths overlapping, compressed-keeled, glabrous; ligule 0.5-1 mm. long, minutely ciliate; blades flat or conduplicate, 2-10 cm. (usually less than 5 cm.) long, 1.5-2.5 mm. wide, the margins and under side of the midnerve scabrous, otherwise glabrous or nearly so; spikes 6-10, 3-5 cm. long, ascending, spreading, or sometimes even reflexed, strictly digitate, densely pubescent at the very base; spikelets 2.5 mm. long; glumes acute, 1 -nerved, scabrous on the keel, the first 1.2 mm. long, the second 2 mm. long; fertile floret 2.5 mm. long, the lemma acute, minutely pilose on the keel and margins, the awn 1-3 mm. long (usually about 2 mm.), scabrous; rudiment subobtuse, bowed out at the middle, 1.5 mm. long, the awn 1-2 mm. long, scabrous.
Type locality; Texas (Drummond 372).
Distribution; Prairies and dry open ground, southern Texas.