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Fig. 622. Elymus villosissimus Scribn. sp. nov. Northern 

 Lyme-grass. — A stout, erect perennial 3 to 4 dm. high from a 

 strong, creeping rootstock, with rather broad, comparatively short, 

 flat leaves, and short, densely flowered panicles 5 to 7 or 8 cm. 

 long. Spikelets (a) 3-to 5-flowered, about 15 cm. long, with 

 densely villous or lanate glumes, the outer ones narrowly lanceo- 

 late and subulate-pointed, nearly equaling the spikelet. Ligule 

 nearly obsolete. — Uplands, St. Paul Island, Bering Sea; also 

 Wrangell Island, Arctic America. 



Type specimen from St. Paul Island. James M. Macoun (16226). 

 July, August. 



