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Fig. 442. Oryzopsis juncea Ms.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. X. Y. 67. 

 1888. (Stipa juncea Ms. : Oryzopsis canadensis Torr. Small 

 Mountain* Rice. — An erect, glabrous, slender, tufted perennial 

 1.5 to 6 dm. high, with erect, involute leaves and narrow pani- 

 cle* 2 to 5 cm. long. Spikelets 3 to 4 mm. long, with pubescent 

 flowering glumes which bear a slender, deciduous awn 1 to 2 mm. 

 long. — Dry, rocky soil and open woodlands. Maine to British C<>- 

 umbia southward to Pennsylvania and Colorado. May-August. 



