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Fig. 622. Elymus villosissimus Scribn. 8p. nov. Northern 

 Lymk-gka.ss. — A stout, erect pcrenuial :3 to 4 dm. high from a 

 Ktroug, creeping rootstock, with rather broa<l, comparatively short. 

 Hat leaves, and short, densely flowered panicles 5 to 7 or 8 cm. 

 long. Spikelets (a) 3-to 5-flo\vered, about 1.5 cm. long, with 

 densely villous or lanate glumes, the outer ones narrowly lanceo- 

 late aiul SMbnlat(!-p()inte(l, nearly ecjuaiing the spikelet. Ligule 

 nearly obsolete.— Uplands, .^t. ratil Isliind, Bering Sea; also 

 \Vran;;ell Island, Arctic America. 



Type specimen from St. Paul Island, .James M. Macouu (1622G). 

 .Inly, August. 



