CXIII. GrEAMINE^E 
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2. Agropyron semicostatum, Nees ; FI. Br. hid. vii. 369. 
Stems usually 2-3 ft., sometimes up to 8 ft. Leaves 4-12 in., up 
to J in. broad. Spike 3-8 in., erect. Spikelets |-1 in., erect, 
appressed to the rhachis. Empty glumes oblong-lanceolate, usually 
Fig. 198. Agkopyron longearistatim. 
nearly as long as the flowering glume, 5-7-ribbed. Flowering 
glume erect, appressed to the rhachilla ; awn less than 1 in., 
straight. 
Simla, Mahasu. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000-11,000 ft. — W. Asia. 
Closely allied to the British A. caninum . 
