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Fi(}. 526. Melica subulata (Hong.) Scribn. Proc. Aiad. Nat. Sci. 

 I'hila. 1«85. 47. (Festiica mihnlaia }Um}r. \eg. Sitch. ITS. 1831; 

 Melka acuminata Holaiid.) Slendku-Flowkiikd Melic-ghass. — 

 An erect, leafy peniimial, it to 12 uiii. liigli, from a bulbous base, 

 with flat leaves and rather lax panicles 10 to 20 i-iu. long. Spike- 

 lets ;•{- to .")-llow(ired, witli long-attciiuate i)ointed llowering 

 glumes, about 12 mm. long, ciliate on the margins and hirsute on 

 the back below, — Shaded canyons and damp woodlands, British 

 Columliia to California, east to Montana. May-September. 



