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Fig. 572. Puccinellia lemmoni (Vasey). Scribii. n. comb. 

 (Poa lemmoni Yasey, Coulter Bot. Gaz. 3 : 1878.) Lemmon's 

 Spear-grass. — A tufted, pale green or "laucous perennial, with 

 slender, smooth and somewhat wiry, upright culms 3 to 4.5 dm. 

 high, with numerous, short basal leaves and spreading panicles 6 

 to 10 cm. long. Spikelets very narrow, 3- to 7-flowered, 4 to 6 

 mm. long. — Alkali flats, Nevada and California to Vancouver 

 Island, Alberta, and Assiniboia. June, July. 



