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Fig. 520. Melica fugax Bolaml. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: KM. 

 1870; Vasey, III. N. Aiuer. Grasses 2: PI, LXV. Small Melic- 

 (iKASS — A slender, erect perennial, 1..5 to 3.5 dm. high, fn)iii a 

 l)ulltou8 l»ase, with flat leaves and few-flowered, narrow itaiiicles 

 8 to 16 cm. long. Spikelets 6 to 8 mm. long, 'A- to 5-flowcred; 

 glumes obtuse, the floral ones about 4 mm. long. — Low grounds 

 lu open pine woods, dry mountain sides, etc., Washington to 

 (California. May-June. 



