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Fk;. 618. Elymus flavescens Scribn. & Smith, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. AjAios. P.ull. 8 : .s, lig. 1. 18!t7. Vei,lo\v-iiaii{i:i) T.ymk- 

 (iKASS. — A stout, erect perennial 6 to 10 dm. bigli, Irom long, 

 creeping rootstocks, with long, somewhat rigid leaves and rather 

 loosely-flowered yellowish spikes 10 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets 'A- to 

 fi-flowered, 10 to 20 mm. long, densely villous, with long wliitisli or 

 yellowish liairs. Glumes awnless, the outer ones very unecjual :iuil 

 glahrous. — Dry sandy soil, Idaho to Oregon .lud Washington. 

 May, .June. 



