GRASSES OF IOWA. 



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Fig. 241. Elymus Virginicus var. submuticus—a., 

 spikelet; b, empty glumes; c, flowering glume: d, 

 palet, flowering glume and fruit ; e, f, g, rudimentary 

 flower. (Charlotte M. King. ) 



Fig. 242. Elymus hirsutiglumis—a,, spikelet, b, 

 awned, empty and flowering glume. (Div. of Agros. 

 U. 8. Dept. Agrl. ) 



DESCRIPTION. 



Hairy Flowered Lyme Grass. A rather stout, erect, leafy pe- 

 rennial, 2 to li feet (6-9 dm.) high, with smooth culms and sheaths, 

 and erect, slender spikes, U to 4 inches (3-8 cm.) long. Empty and 

 flowering glumes awn-pointed ; awns 4 to 8 lines (8-16 mm.) long. July 

 to August. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Iowa. Steamboat Ro;k 3043 (Miss King) ; Marshalltown 

 (Eckles) ; Cedar Rapids (Miss Hall) ; Belmond (Clark). 



