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Fig. 258. Melica parviflora (Porter) Scribn. (M. 7nutica pftrri- 

 fiora Porter; M.porleri, Srrilm.).— A rather sU'iider, erect, smooth 

 perennial 4 to 7 dm. bigh, with Hat leaves ami narrow panicles 

 1.") to 25 cm. long. Spikelets pendulous and racemose along the 

 ]>anicle branches.— Shaded canyons, mountains of Colorado, New 

 Me.Kico, Arizona and prairies of Missouri, Kansas, and western 

 Texas. [Northern Mexico.] July-September. 



