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Fig. 519. Melica torreyana Scribn. Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila. 

 1885:47. Turkey's Melic-grass. — A slender, leafy, cajspitose 

 perennial 6 to 9 dm. bigh, witb flat leaves and more or less spread- 

 ing panicles 12 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets usually 1-flowered, witb 

 tbe rudiment of a second flower raised upon a long pedicel; empty 

 glumes (a) as long as or exceeding tbe flowering glume, wbicb is 

 minutely pubescent toward tbe apex. — California. May-Sep- 

 tember. 



