Fic, 608, HORDEUM MONTANENSE Scribn. in Beal, Grasses N. 
pur MONTANA REY. TE Saira es biennial or 
-39) high, with smooth c rous leaves, an bearded 
ey 237) long. Culms adea ere sheathssh 
smooth, or the lower ones sparingly pubescent; Teal b 
Empty gl 
4-6 mm. (2-37 E i ted pty 
mm. (6%-10% long, including the slender, sc 
spikelet of each gro lly 2-flowered; first 
(5”) long, awned; awn 16-18 mm. (8/-9/) ae: Latera 
florets nearly sessile.—Moist thickets, Monta 
At once distinguished from H. boreale by having the wee 
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