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Fig. 621. Elymus dasystachys littoralis (Pall.) (Jrisfl). Le.ll). 

 Flor. Ross. 4 : 333. 18.53. Scrihn. U. S. Dopt. Af,'!.. Div. A<,'roa. Ihill. 

 8:8. (Triticnm Ultorah Wall. It. 3:287.) 1776. A stout, eroct 

 perennial 8 to 10 dm. liij^li, (Vom stion;^, croc])in;f rocitstocks, with 

 long, sbaip-pointeil kaves. and iDoscly llowtivd, often luaiiclicd 

 spikes 20 to 30 cm. long. Spikolets 5- to 9-flowered, witli rigid, 

 narrowly lanccjolate eiujity glninos (a), and acute (lowering glnnies 

 which are 12 to 11 mm. long and ]inl)fs(int on the liack, excepting 

 near the apex. Wa8hiiigt<ni nnd Idaho. August. 



