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Fui. 442. Oryzopsis juncea (Mx.) ]$. S. V. I'rel.Cat. N. Y. G7. 

 1888. (Stqia Jinuta M\. ; Uryzopsis canadensis Torr.) Small 

 Mountain Kick. — An erect, glabrous, slender, tufted perennial 

 1.5 to G dm. liii;li, with erect, involute leaves and narrow ])aiii- 

 cles 2 to 5 cm. loufr. tSpikelets H to 4 mm. long, with pubescent 

 llowcriug glumes which bear a slender, deciduous awn 1 to 2 mm. 

 long. — Dry, rocky soil and open Avoodlands, Maine to IJritish f'o- 

 umbia southward to I'ennsylvania and Colorado. May-August. 



