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Fig. 611. Elymus striatus Willd. Sp. PI. 1 : 470. 1797. Slender 

 Lyme-grass. — A rather slender, erect, leafy perennial with flat 

 leaves and slender, bearded, somewhat nodding spikes 7 to 10 cm. 

 long. Spikelets 1- to 3-flowered, with awl-shaped, hispid or hirsute 

 empty glumes and scabrous, slender-awned flowering glumesabout 

 6 mm. long. Awns 16 to 30 mm. long. — Woods and river banks, 

 Maine to South Dakota and south to New Jersey, Tennessee, Ar- 

 kansas, and Texas. June-August. 



