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Fig. 603. Hordeum jubatumLinu. Sp. PI. 85. 1753. Squirrel- 

 tail Grass. — A smooth, slender, and erect pereuBial (f),2 to 6 

 dm. liigh, with flat leaves, and long-bearded, nodding spikes 5 to 

 10 cm. long. Empty glumes awn-like, 3 to 5 cm. long, the flower- 

 ing glnme of the central spikelet 6 to 8 mm. long, terminating in 

 a slender awn 3 to 5 cm. long. — Moist saline soils, Canada, tlie 

 United States south to Kansas, Colorado, and California Alaska. 

 May-August. 



