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Fig. 623. Elymus saundersii Vascy, l$iill. Toir. \Utt. Club, 2: 

 126. 1884. Saunijeks Lyme-gkass. A slender, tnltod, erect 

 perennial (i to 10 dm. higli, with narrow, rather rigid leaves and 

 lonjr-hearded spikes, 10 to 1 1 em. long. Spikelets 2-to l-liowered ; 

 awns of the glumes slender, 40 to 50 mm. long; lower lloweriug 

 glume about 10 mm. long, L'-tootlied at the apex \'eta I'ass, 

 Colorado. 



Axis of the spike readily breaking up, as in sitdiiioii. 



