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P'iG. (515. Elymus salinus .Idiics, i'roc. Cal. Acad., ser. 2, 5: 

 725. l!S!l.5. Alkali Lyme-grass. A rigid, wiry, erect, densely 

 cii-spitose ])tTennial 3 t" 6 dm. high, with rather ri^id, iinolulo, 

 spreadiim leaves and narrow, erect .spikes 5 to lo em. long. Spike- 

 lets nsnally single at each joint, ahoiit 12 iimi. long and .">- to 

 O-llowered. l',m]>ty glumes (n) neiirly subulate, iineiinal ; flower- 

 ing glumes sh(jrt-awned, about S mm. long. Alkali soil, Utah and 

 Wyoming. June-Auguht. 



