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Fig. 257. Melica mutica Walt. (Af. (jlahra Mx.).— A slender, 

 loosely c;i'Si:)itose, wiry grass 6 to 9 dm. high, with tlat leaves and 

 simple or racemose panicles of rather large, nodding, two- to three- 

 flowered spikelets. — Dry, rocky, open woods and thickets, Penn- 

 sylvania to Florida and westward to Wisconsin and Texas. 

 March-May. 



