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Fig. 442. Oryzopsis juncea (Mx.) B. S. P. I'rel. Cat. N. Y. 07. 

 1888. (Stipa juncea Mx.; Oryzopsis canadensis Torr.) Small 

 Mountain Kick. Au erect, glabrous, slender, tufted perennial 

 1.5 to 6 dm. hiiili, with erect, iuvolute leaves and narrow palli- 

 das 2 to 5 cm. long. Spikelets 3 to 4 mm. long, with pubescent 

 flowering glumes which bear a slender, deciduous awn 1 to 2 mm. 

 long. Dry, rocky soil and open woodlands, Maine to British Co- 

 umbia southward to Pennsylvania and Colorado. May-August. 



