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MELICA. 



Lemmas notclied at apex, usually awned. 

 Awns long. 



Xerves of the lemma hifsute 1. M. smilhii. 



Xerves of the lemma glabrous 2. M . aristata. 



Awns short or none 3. M. harfordii. 



Lennna not notched at apex, awnless. 



Apex of lemma long-acuminate 4. M . suhulata. 



Apex of lemma obtuse. 



Xot bulbiferous; spikelets 12 to 16 mm. long r>. M. .s'l-uia. 



Bulbiferous; spikelets much shorter. 



Spikelets shining, slender-peduncled, often nodding: 



plants not tufted 6. 3/. specfahilis. 



Spikelets dull, erect or ascending; plants tufted. 



Panicle strict; glumes membranous 7. .1/. Jiella. 



Panicle usually spreading: glumes coriaceous 8. M.fngax. 



1. Melica smithii (Porter) Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club 15: 294. 18S8. 

 Arena snrdhii Porter; Gray, Man. ed. 3. 640. 1867. 



Melica re'rcfracta Suksdorf, Deutsch. Eot. Monatss. 19: S2. 1£01. 

 Type locality: "Isle Royale, Keewenaw Point, Lake Superior." 

 Range: Lake Superior to Washington and Oregon. 



Speclviens examined: Sumas Prairie, Z?/a7Z in 1858; without locality, Sandherg cfe 

 Leiherg 504; Skamania County, Suksdorf 2334; Blue Mountains, Lake cfc FIuU 117. 

 Zonal distribution: Canadian? 



2. Melica aristata Tlmrb.; Boland. Proc. Cal. Acad. 4: 103. 1S7(). 



Type locality: "Loose soil in open woods near Clark's, 4,000 fret altitude, 1866." 

 California. 



Range: California to Washington. 



Specimens examined: Klickitat County, Suksdoif 73; Wenas, (rV;/^7/(.s tf" ^^W/an 93a. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



3. Melica harfordii Boland. Proc. Cal. Acad. 4: 102. 1870. 



Type locality: "Wooded hillsides, Santa Cruz road, near Lexington [California], June, 

 1865." 



Range: California to Washington. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Ehner 1936, 1938: Cascade Mountains, Vasey <o; 

 \vc; Klickitat County, Suhsdoif 3, 288, 17; Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Siiksdarf 

 1188. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



3a. Melica harfordii tenuior nom. nov. 



Melica haifordii minor \'ase3', Bull. Torr. Club. 15: 48. 1888, not M . minor Hack. 1881. 



Type locality: Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Collected by Howell. 



Range: Washington and Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Without locality, I'asei/ in 1889. 



4. Melica spectabilis Scribner, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1885: 45. 1885. 

 Melica scabrata Scribner; Piper & Beattie, Fl. Palouse Reg. 25. 1901. 

 Range: Eastern Washington and Oregon to Montana. 



Specimens examined: Spokane County, Sut.S(?or/' 11 13; Pullman, Piper 1745; Elmer 

 833: Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, Flett in 1899. 

 Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



5. Melica subulata (Griseb.) Scribner, Pro<-. Acad. Phila. 1885: 47. 1885. 

 Broinns subulatiis Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. R(jss. 4: 358. 1853. 



