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(9) Melica inflata (Boland.) Vasey, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 269. 1893. 

 Based on M. poaeoides var. inflata Boland. 



Melica poaeoides var. inflata Boland., Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 101. 1870. 

 Yosemite Valley, Calif., Bolander 6121. 



(12) Melica mutica Walt., Fl. Carol. 78. 1788. South Carolina. 



Melica glabra Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 62. 1803. Virginia to Florida, 



Michaux. 

 Melica rariflora Schreb., Beschr. Gras. 2: 157. 1810. Based on M. glabra 



Michx. 

 Melica diffusa Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 77. 1814. Virginia and Carolina. 

 Melica speciosa Muhl., Descr. Gram. 87. 1817. Pennsylvania. 

 Melica racemosa Muhl., Descr. Gram. 88. 1817. Not M. racemosa Thunb., 



1794. Carolina; Georgia. 

 Melica muhlenbergiana Schult., Mant. 2: 294. 1824. Based on M. racemosa 



Muhl. 

 Melica mutica var. glabra A. Gray, Man. ed. 5. 626. 1867. Based on M. 



glabra Pursh (error for Michx.). 

 Melica mutica var. diffusa A. Gray, Man. ed. 5. 626. 1867. Based on M. 



diffusa Pursh. 



(13) Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt.; Piper, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 387. 

 1905. Based on M. diffusav&T. nitens Scribn. 



Melica scabra Nutt., Amer. Phil. Soc. Trans, (n.s.) 5: 148. 1837. Not M. 



scabra H.B.K., 1816. Fort Smith, Ark., Nuttall. 

 Melica diffusa var. nitens Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 44. 1885. 



Arkansas, Nuttall. [The type in the Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- 

 delphia, is labeled M. nitens Nutt.] 

 Melica nitens Nutt.; Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 44. 1885, as 



synonym of M. diffusa var. nitens. 

 (11) Melica porteri Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 44. pi. 1. f. 17, 18. 



1885. Based on M. mutica var. parviflora Porter. 

 Melica mutica var. parviflora Porter, in Port, and Coult., Syn. Fl. Colo. 149. 



1874. Glen Eyrie, Colo., Porter [type], Meehan; Sierra Madre Range, 



Coulter. 

 Melica parviflora Scribn., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 50. 1894. Based on M. 



mutica var. parviflora Porter. 

 (1) Melica smithii (Porter) Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 294. 1888. Based 



on Avena smithii Porter. 

 Avena smithii Porter; A. Gray, Man. ed. 5. 640. 1867. Sault Sainte Marie, 



Mich., C. E. Smith. 

 Melica retrofracta Suksdorf, Deut. Bot. Monatsschr. 19: 92. 1901. Skamania 



County, Wash., [Suksdorf 2334]. 

 Bromelica smithii Farwell, Rhodora 21: 77. 1919. Based on Avena smithii 



Porter. 

 (6) Melica spectabilis Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 45. pi. 1. f. 



11, 12, 13. 1885. Montana, Crow Mountains, Scribner 385 [type]; Boseman 



Pass, Cariby 368. Colorado, Porter in 1872. Yellowstone Park, Parry 



295. Nevada (erroneously given as Utah), Watson 1303. Idaho, Watson 



455. The synonyms cited by Scribner are erroneous, " M. bulbosa S. Wats., 



Bot. King Exp. 383" being an error for M. poaeoides Nutt., Bot. King Exp. 



383; "Porter and Coulter Fl. Colorado 149." refers to the valid M. bulbosa. 

 Melica scabrata Scribn., in Piper, Fl. Palouse 25. 1901. Pullman, Wash., 



Piper 1745. 



(10) Melica stricta Boland., Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 3: 4. 1863. Silver City, 

 Nev., Dunn. 



(4) Melica subulata (Griseb.) Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 47. 



1885. Based on Bromus subulatus Griseb. 

 Broinus subulatus Griseb., in Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 358. 1853. Unalaska, 



Eschscholtz. 

 Melica acuminata Boland, Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 104. 1870. Mendocino 



County, Calif., Bolander 4698. 

 Festuca acerosa Trin.; A. Gray, Amer. Acad. Sci. Proc. 8: 410. 1872, as synonym 



of Bromus subulatus Griseb. 

 Melica poaeoides var. acuminata Boland.; Scribn., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 



1885: 47. 1885, as synonym of M. subulata Scribn. California, Bolander 



4698. 

 Bromelica subulata Farwell, Rhodora 21: 78. 1919. The name is based on 



Festuca subulata Bong., doubtless an error for Bro?nus subulatus Griseb., 



since Melica acuminata Boland. is also cited. 



