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Fig. 618. Elymus flavescens Scribn. & Smith, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. Agros. Bull. 8 : 8, lig. 1. 1897. Yellow-haired Lyme- 

 GRASS. A stout, erect perennial 6 to 10 dm. bigb, from long, 

 creeping rootstocks, -with long, somewhat rigid leaves and rather 

 loosely-fiowered yellowish spikes 10 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets S- to 

 6-flowere(l, 10 to 20 mm. long, densely villous, with long whitisli or 

 yellowish hairs. Glumes awnless, the outer ones very unequal and 

 glabrous. Dry sandy soil, Idaho to Oregon and Washington. 

 May, June. 



