Fig. 623. Elymus saundersii Vasey, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 2: 

 126. 1884. Saunders Lyme-grass. — A slender, tufted, erect 

 perennial 6 to 10 dm. high, with narrow, rather rigid leaves and 

 long-bearded spikes, 10 to 14 cm. long. Spikelets 2-to 4-flowered ; 

 awns of the glumes slender, 40 to 50 mm. long; lower flowering 

 glume about 10 mm. long, 2-toothed at the apex. — Veta 

 Colorado. 



Axis of the spike readily breaking up, as in Sitanion. 



