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Fig. 525. Melica haifordii Boland. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 

 102. 1870; Thurb. iu Brewer aud S. Wats. Bot. California 2: 

 305. Harford'.s Mklic-gkass.— a rather slender, erect, wiry 

 perennial, 6 to 15 dm. bigh, with narrow, flat leaves aud erect, 

 narrow, light-green or straw-colored panicles, 10 to 20 cin. long. 

 Spikek'ts 12 to 16 mm. long, 4- to 8-flowered, the flowering glumes 

 8 mm. long, usually short-awned, and ciliate with long, shiuing 

 hairs for two-thirds of the margin below. — Mountains of Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon, and Washington. June, July 



