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Fig. 518. Melica imperfecta Triii. Gram. Suppl. Bull. Sc. Acad. 

 St. Petersb. 1:68. 1836; Icou. Gram. l. 35."). (J/, colpodioides 

 Nees; M. iKivicuides Nntt.) Small-fi.owehed Melic- grass. — 

 A somewhat skiudcr, erect perennial 6 to i» dm. high, with narrow, 

 flat leaves and more or less diffusely spreadiuj^f, many-flowered 

 panicles. Spikelets 1- to L'- flowered, 3 to 5 mm. long, with the empty 

 glumes (a) shorter than the spikelut; rudimentary Jioret sessile or 

 nearly so. — Hillsides and grassy mountain slopes, California. 

 [Lower California.] March-July. 



