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Fig. 601. Agropyron gmelini Scribn. & Smith, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. Agros. 8 Bull. 4 : 30. 1897. Short-leafed Wheat- 

 grass. — A rather slender, erect, glabrous, csespitose perennial, 

 6 to 12 dm. high, with, flat leaves, the lower ones short, and slender 

 spikes 8 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets 7- to 9-flowered, 12 to 18 mm. 

 long; empty glumes (a) unequal, two-thirds as long as the spike- 

 let. Flowering glumes 10 to 12 mm. long, shorter than its slender 

 awn. — Moist soil, mountains, Washington to western Nebraska. 

 May-August. 



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