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Fig. 615. Elymus salinus Jones, x J roc. Cal. Acad., ser. 2, 5 : 

 725. 1895. Alkali Lyme-grass. — A rigid, wiry, erect, densely 

 Ciespitose perennial 3 to 6 dm. high, with rather rigid, involute, 

 spreading leaves and narrow, erect spikes 5 to 10 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets usually single at each joint, about 12 mm. long and 5- to 

 9-flowered. Empty glumes (a) nearly subulate, unequal; flower- 

 ing glumes short-awned, about 8 mm. long. — Alkali soil, Utah and 

 Wyoming. June-August. 



