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Fig. 2fi0. Melica stricta Roland. Real, Orasses N. Am., 2: 503. 

 Large-flow KUEi> Mki.ica.— A densely ca'spitosc perennial 2 to fi 

 dm. high from a bulhons base, with flat, more or less pubescent 

 leaves, and simple, one-sided panicles 10 to I'j cm. long, bearing 

 ten to twenty spikelets.— Dry ridges among rocks (alt. 1,850 to 

 2,700 m.;, Nevada, California, and Oregon. .June-August. 



