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Fig. 572. Pucciuellia lemnioni (Vasey). Scribii. u. comb. 

 (Toa levimoni Yasey, Coulter Bot. Gaz. 3: 1878.) Le.mmon'.s 

 Spear-grass. A tufted, pale green or glaucous perennial, with 

 slender, smooth and somewhat wiry, uprighti culms 3 to 4. .5 dm. 

 high, with numerous, short basal leaves and spreading panicles 6 

 to 10 cm. long. Spikelets very narrow, 3- to 7-Howered, 4 to 6 

 uim. long. Alkali Hats, Nevada and California to Vam.'ouver 

 Island, Alberta, and Assiniboia. June, .Inly. 



