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Fig. 619. Elymus innovatus l!t!;il, (irassi-a of North America, 

 2 : 650. 1896. {Khjmux hminiei Scribn. & Smith, U. S. Dept. A^n-., 

 Div. Agros. Bull. 8 : 7, I'l. IV.) Huown's Wild Rye. A rij^id, 

 ratbor Hleiider, erect peri'iiniiil .5 to 9(liii. high, with short cuiiliiie 

 leaves, and deiisi-ly llowereil, pubescent 8i)ikeM 4 to 10 cm. long. 

 Spikelets 3- to 6-flowered, 10 to 15 nun. long, with densely pubes- 

 cent dowering glumes M to 10 nnu. long. (iravelly or sandy 

 lianks, Soiitii 1 >al;ota, \Vy<)ming, ISritish Columbia, an<l northward 

 to Alaska. .luiH--.S;ptember. 



