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Fig. 52S. Melica aristata Thiirb. in Brew. & Wats. Bot. Calif. 

 2:30."j; Bol. I'loc. Calif. Acad. 4 : KW. Bkahded Mr.uc guass.— 

 A slender, tufted perennial, 4 to 10 dm. liigli, witli (lat, usually 

 pubescent leaves .-ind narrow panit-les lOto 25 cm. long. Spikclets 

 vi- t().5-llo\vered,with uneiiual empty glumes Ca), and awned flower- 

 ing glumes, which are 10 to 12 mm. long and have a few stiff, mar- 

 ginal hairs near the base. Awn 8 to 11 mm. long. — Wa.shingtou 

 to Califoriiia. .lunc, .Tulv. 



