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Fig. 604. Hordeum maritimum With. Bot. Air. 172. 1776. 

 Scribn. & Smith, U. S. Dept. Agr., Div, Agros. Bull. 4 : p. 24. 7189. 

 Seaside Barley. — A smooth, upright, or spreading, ctespitose 

 annual, 1 to 3 dm. high, with short leaves aud terminal, bearded 

 spikes 2 to 4 cm. long. Spikelets, including the rigid, spreading 

 awns, 10 to 12 mm. long, the outer glumes not ciliate. — Sandy 

 soil along the coast, British Columbia to southern California. 

 [Naturalized from Europe.] May-July. 



