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MELICA. 
Lemmas notched at apex, usually awned. . 
Awns long. 
Nerves of the lemma hirsute.......... 2.2. 2.222222-2..------ 1. M. smith. 
Nerves of the lemma glabrous.................2....-.-.----- 2. M. aristata. 
Awns short or none...........-.-.-.---..--. 22... Lee eee ee eee 3. M. harfordir. 
Lemma not notched at apex, awnless. ‘ 
Apex of lemma long-acuminate..-.-. =) == 2-2). 2 ee 4. M. subulata. 
Apex of lemma obtuse. 
Not bulbiferous; spikelets 12 to 16 mm. long................. 5. M. stricta. 
Bulbiferous; spikelets much shorter. 
Spikelets shining, slender-peduncled, often nodding; 
plants not tufted.....-.-2.2.2..22200-02 0222222222222. 6. M. spectabilis. 
Spikelets dull, erect or ascending; plants tufted. 
Panicle strict; glumes membranous.................. 7. M. bella. 
Panicle usually spreading; glumes coriaceous .....-.. . 8. M. fugaz. 
1. Melica smithii (Porter) Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club 15: 294. 1888. 
Avena smithvi Porter; Gray, Man. ed. 3. 640. 1867. 
Melica retrofracta Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 19: 92. 1901. 
TypE Locaity: “Isle Royale, Keewenaw Point, Lake Superior.”’ 
RanGE: Lake Superior to Washington and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Sumas Prairie, Lyall in 1858; without locality, Sandberg & 
Letberg 504; Skamania County, Suksdorf 2334; Blue Mountains, Lake & Hull 117. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian ? 
2. Melica aristata Thurb.; Boland. Proc. Cal. Acad. 4: 103. 1870. 
Type Locatity: “Loose soil in open woods near Clark’s, 4,000 feet altitude, 1866.” 
California. 
Rance: California to Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Klickitat County, Suksdorf 73; Wenas, Griffiths & Cotton 93a. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
3. Melica harfordii Boland. Proc. Cal. Acad. 4: 102. 1870. 
Type Locatity: “ Wooded hillsides, Santa Cruz road, near Lexington [California], June, 
1865.” 
RanGE: California to Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 1936, 1938; Cascade Mountains, Vasey 6; 
west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 3, 288, 17; Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Suksdorf 
1188. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
3a. Melica harfordii tenuior nom. nov. 
Melica harfordii minor Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club. 15: 48. 1888, not M. minor Hack. 1881. 
Type Locaity: Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Collected by Howell. 
RanGeE: Washington and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
4. Melica spectabilis Scribner, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1885: 45. 1885. 
Melica scabrata Scribner; Piper & Beattie, Fl. Palouse Reg. 25. 1901. 
RanGE: Eastern Washington and Oregon to Montana. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Spokane County, Suksdorf'1113; Pullman, Piper 1745; Elmer 
833; Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, Flett in 1899. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
5. Melica subulata (Griseb.) Scribner, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1885: 47. 1885. 
Bromus subulatus Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 4: 358. 1853. 
