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Fig. 620, Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribu. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. 

 Agros. I5ull. 11 : 5S. 1898. (E. intermediits Scribu. & Smith, U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Div. Agros , Bull. 4 : 38. 1897. Not E. iniermedius 

 Bieb., Flor., 1:82.) Hairy-flowered Lyme-grass. A rather 

 stout, erect, leafy perennial 6 to 9 dm. high, with smooth culms and 

 sheaths, and erect, slender spikes 3 to 8 cm. long. Em))ty and 

 flowering glumes awn-pointed ; awns 8 to 16 mm. long. Maine to 

 Virginia and westward to Illinois and Nebraska. July, August. 



