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Fig. 592. Agropyron pseiidorepens .Scribn. & Snii th, IJ. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. Agios. I5nll. 4:34. 1897. False Coi'CU-(iRASS.— An 

 ereot, rather stout perennial 3 to 9 dm. high, from creeping root- 

 stock.s, with tlat, scabrous leaves, and erect spikes 8 to 16 cm. 

 long. Spikelcts 10 to 16 nun. long, 3- to T-llowered, with linear- 

 lanceolate, nearly equal and 5-nerved empty glumes, and acumi- 

 nate or awn-pointed tlowering glumes.— Rather moist soil, Texas 

 and Arizona to Nebraska, Montana, aud British America. May- 

 September. 



