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Fig. 590. Agropyron parishii Scribn. & Smith, U. S. Dept. Ayr., 

 Div. Agros. Bull. 4 : 28. 1897. Parish's Wheat-grass.— A rather 

 stout, erect, ca>spitose perennial 6 to 10 dm. high, with Hat leaves 

 and erect or nodding spikes, 15 to 30 cm. long. Spikclets remote, 

 5- to 7-flo\vered, 16 to 20 mm. long. PZmpty glumes («) two-thirds 

 as long as the spikelets. Flowering glumes lanceolate, 9 to 11 

 mm. long, short-Mwiuul. — San Bernardino Mountains, California. 

 May, June. 



