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Fig. 613. Elymus robustus Scribu. & Smith. U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Div. Agros. Bull. 4 : 37. 1897. Great Lyme-grass.— A stout, 

 leafy perennial 9 to 18 dm. high, with thick, terminal, long-bearded 

 spikes 10 to 14 cm. long. Spikelets 3- to 4-flowered, with linear- 

 subulate empty glumes and scabrous or pubescent flowering 

 glumes. Awns spreading 3 to 1 cm. long. — Eich moist soil, Illinois, 

 and Montana to Kansas and New Mexico. June-September. 



