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Fig. 301. Elymus arenarius L. Sea Lyme-grass. — A stout. 

 erect perennial ii to 1'2 dm. high, with extensively creeping root- 

 stocks, rather firm, tint, sharp-pointed leaves and terminal, usually 

 densely flowered spikes 8 to 25 cm. long. Glumes usually villous. — 

 In maritime sands, Greenland and Labrador to Maine; Alaska to 

 California and on the shores of the Great Lakes. [Europe and 

 Asia.j July. August. 



