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Fig. 609. Hordeum nodosum Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 56. 1762. 

 Wild or Meadow Barley. — A slender, erect, caespitose grass 2 to 

 6 dm. high, with flat leaves, and narrow, bearded spikes 2 to 8 cm. 

 long. Empty glumes all setaceous or awn-like; lateral spikelets 

 imperfect. Awns 6 to 12 mm. long. — Thin, dry soils, Iudiana ;tnd 

 Minnesota to Alaska, and south to Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, 

 and California. May-August. 



