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Fig. 524. Melica inflata Vasey, Contrib. Nnt. TTerb. 1 : 200. 1893. 

 Inflated ■Mei.ic-crass. — An erect, leafy perennial, 'J to 18 dm. 

 high, bulbous at the base, with Bpreading, simple pauicles 12 to 

 20 cm. long. Spikelets 12 to 18 mm. long, 6- to 8-Ho\vered, with 

 subacute, scabrous flowering glnnies (b) about 8 mm. long. — 

 Mountains of California. June, July. 



Allied to M. californica. 



