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Fig. 584. Bromus kalmii A. Gray, Man. 600. 1848. Kalm's 

 Brome-GKASs.— A rather sleuder, erect perennial. 4..") to 9 dm. high, 

 with usually pubescent sheaths and leaves, and nodding, lew- 

 llowered panicles 5 to 1.5 cm. long. Spikelets 6- to 10-llowered, 

 12 to 24 mm. long, on slender, tle.xnous pedicels; thf first gluuio 

 3-nerved, the second 5- to 7-nerved; the Uoweriug glume about 8 

 mm. long, densely silky-pubescent, and short-awned.— Dry soil, 

 Canada to Pennsylvania, and westward to Utah, Idaho and British 

 Columbia. .June-August. 



