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Fig. 610. Hordeum pusillum Nutt. Gen. 1 : 87. 1818. Little 

 Barley. — A slender, rather rigid, erect, glabrous perennial, 1 to 

 3.5 dm. high, with comparatively short, flat leaves, and terminal 

 spikes 2 to 7 cm. long. Outer glumes of the central spikelets and 

 lower ones of the lateral spikelets much broadened above the 

 base. — Arid, saline, or alkaline soils from Ontario to British Co- 

 lumbia and south to South Carolina, Louisiana, and Texas. 

 April-August. 



