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Fig. 608. Hordeum montanense Scribn. in Boal Grasses N. 

 Am. 2 : 6t4. 18'.)6. Montana Uahley. — An ort'Ct, leafy biennial 

 or perennial G to 9 dm. high, with Hiiiootli culms, scabrous leaves 

 and bearded spikes 4 to 6 cm. long. Empty glumes linear- 

 lanceolate. 12 to 20 mm. Ion*:;, inelmling the slender, scabrous 

 awns. The central spikclet of each group usually 2-flo\vered. 

 First flowering glume about 10 mm. long, awned. Awn 16 to 18 

 mm. long. Lateral spikelets 2-flowered, florets nearly sessile. — 

 Moist thickets, Montana. 



