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Fig. 593. Agropyion teneiiim ^'asey, Coult. Bol. (Ja/. 10: 

 258. 1885. Slkndkk Whkat-(;ha.s8. Au erect, ca'spituse, rather 

 stont, smooth perennial (i (o i) dm. high, with narrow, H.it h'avi'8 

 and slender, cylindrical spikes S to 15 cm. lon^. Outer ;;liiiue8 

 (a) .5-nerved; Howerinjf glnmcs lanceolate 8 to 10 inni. l<nig, 

 tipjH-d with a stifV, straij^ht awn 1 lo 1 mm. lonj^. 1 >r\ sdii, New 

 Mexico and sonthern Calitornia tn Wiisiiin^^ton and Hritisii Co- 

 lumbia, and eastward to Now llam))siiirr ami Labrador. Inly, 

 August. 



