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Fig. 620. Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. 

 Agros. Bull. 11 : 58. 1898. (E. intermedia* Scribn. & Smith, U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Div. Agros , Bull. 4 : 38. 1897. Xot E. intermedins 

 Bieb., Flor., 1 : 82.) Hairy-flowered Lyme-grass.— A ratber 

 stout, erect, leafy perenuial 6 to 9 dni. high, with smootb culms and 

 sheaths, aud erect, slender spikes 3 to 8 cm. loug. Empty and 

 flowering glumes awn-pointed; awns 8 to 16 mm. long. — Maine to 

 Virginia and westward to Illinois and Nebraska. July, August. 



