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Fig. 596. Agropyron lanceolatum Scribn. & Smith, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. Agros. Bull., 4 : 34. 1897. (Triiicum junceum Hook. 

 Not Linn.) — A rather stout, yellowish-green or glaucous perennial 

 6 to 9 dm. high, with loug, flat leaves, with erect or flexuous spikes 

 of large, subcompressed, acute, 4- to 7-flowered spikelets 10 to 20 

 mm. long. Empty glumes (a ) abruptly acuminate, 6 to 9 mm. long ; 

 flowering glumes (shown in b) broadly lanceolate, rounded on 

 the back and more or less pubescent. — Idaho to Oregon and 

 Washington. May-July. 



