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Fig. 621. Elymus dasystachys littoralis (Pall.) Griseb. Ledb. 

 Flor. Ross. 4 : 333. 1853. Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Agros. Bull. 

 8:8. {Triticum littorale PaAl. It. 3:287.) 1776. — A stout, erect 

 perenuial 8 to 10 dm. high, from strong, creeping rootstocks, with 

 long, sharp-pointed leaves, aud loosely flowered, often branched 

 spikes 20 to .30 cm. long. Spikelets 5- to 9-flowered, with rigid, 

 narrowly lanceolate empty glumes (a), and acute flowering glumes 

 which are 12 to 14 mm. long and pubescent on the back, excepting 

 near the apex. — Washington aud Idaho. August. 



