2% 



Fig. 592. Agropyron pseudorepens Scribn. & Smi th, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. Agios. Bull. 4: 34. 1897. False Couch-grass.— An 

 erect, rather stout perennial 3 to 9 dm. high, from creeping root- 

 stocks, with flat, scabrous leaves, and erect spikes 8 to 16 cm. 

 long. Spikelets 10 to 16 mm. long, 3- to 7-flowered, with linear- 

 lanceolate, nearly equal and 5-nerved empty glumes, and acumi- 

 nate or awn-pointed flowering glumes. — Rather moist soil, Texas 

 and Arizona to Nebraska, Montana, and British America. May- 

 September. 



