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Fig. 603. Hordeum jiibatiim Linn. Sp. PI. 85. 1753. .SgriRRKL- 

 TAiL Grass. .\ Hinootli, slender, and ereet iteicnnial (f ), 2 to > 

 dm. liigb, with Hat leaves, and long-bearded, nodding spikes r> to 

 1(J cm. long. Empty glumes awn-like, 3 to 5 cm. long, the flower- 

 ing glume of the eentral spikelet (j to 8 mm. long, terminating in 

 a slender awn 3 to 5 em. long. Moist saline soils, Canada, tiie 

 United States south to Kansas, Colorado, and California Alaska. 

 May-August. 



