. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 49 a mere point to cm. in length in the same spikelet; flowering gkimes, on a short stipe, hnear-lanceolate; acnte, 8 to 10 mm. long, indistinctly 3 to 5 nerved, scabrous and thinly hirsute, tipped with a stout, divergent, scabrous awn, 2 to 3 cm. long. Palea ecjualing or slightly shorter than the glume, bidentate, minutely scabrous. This species is closely allied to E. canadensis, but is readily distinguished by the more slender, open infloresence and the unequal and much reduced empty- glumes. Type collected by T. A.
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 49 a mere point to cm. in length in the same spikelet; flowering gkimes, on a short stipe, hnear-lanceolate; acnte, 8 to 10 mm. long, indistinctly 3 to 5 nerved, scabrous and thinly hirsute, tipped with a stout, divergent, scabrous awn, 2 to 3 cm. long. Palea ecjualing or slightly shorter than the glume, bidentate, minutely scabrous. This species is closely allied to E. canadensis, but is readily distinguished by the more slender, open infloresence and the unequal and much reduced empty- glumes. Type collected by T. A. Williams, Xo. 2653, in rich openings of the Bear Lodge Mountains, Wyoming, July 23, 1897, altitude 6,000 feet. Specimexs EXAMINED.— Wisconsin: No locality, F. F. Wood. North Dakota: Turtle. Fig. 25.—Elymus glabrifloms (Vas.) Scribn. & Ball: a, a single spikelet, showing the outerglumes; 6, anterior view of a floret. Mountains, Bottineau County, 85 M. A. Brannon, July, 1896; Langdon, 150 M. A. Brannon, July, 1896. Wyoming: W^elcome, 2679, 2681 T. A. Williams, July, 1897. ELYMTJS GLABRIFLORUS (Vasey) n. comb. {E. canadensis var. glabrifloms Vasey, in Dewey, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 2: 550 (1894).) (Fig. 23.) A tall, stout, leafy i^erennial with large leaves and long, dense spike. Culms stout, 8613—No. 2J:—UU i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Agrostology. Washington, D. C. : The Division
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