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nearly half an inch broad, and yellow-green in colour, 

 and the spikelets rough and awned. The rootstock is 



Photo, 1909. 



H. C. Long. 



FIG. 70. Wall Barley Grass (Hordeum murinum L. ). 



creeping. Meadow Barley Grass occurs in damp 

 meadows and pastures, but is not often abundant. In 

 pastures it is sometimes considered useful if not allowed 



