146 GRAillNEAE 



1S70, type Bolandcr 4698 (from Mendocino City ace. to Bolamlor's Field Booli) ; Tburb. in 

 Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 305. 1880. 



4. M. geyeri Munro. Culms 3 to 5 feet high, bulljous at ba.se; sheaths gla- 

 brous or sometimes pubescent ; blades scabrous, fiat ; panicle open, the lower 

 branches slender, spreading, bearing a few spikelets above the middle ; spike- 

 lets narrow, 6 to 10 lines long; glumes broad, smooth, papery, the second about 

 3 lines long ; lemmas scaberulous, obtuse, awnless. 



Wooded ravines and along streams, central California to Oregon. 



Locs. — Quincy, Austin lOOS; Slierwood, Eitehcock 2728; Ukiah, Bolandcr 3832, 6119, Davy 

 5027; Cahto, Davy 6625; Mt. Sanliedrin, Reller 588.';; Emigrant Gap, Jones 3353; Santa Clara 

 Co., ffcHer 7420; Congress Springs, Sitchcocl- 2669. 



Refs. — Meuca geyeri Muuro; Boland. Proc. Cal. Aead. 4: 103. 1870, type Bolandcr 6119. 

 M. bromoidcs Boland.; Gray, Proe. Am. Aead. 8: 409. 1872 (Gray eites M. geyeri Boland. 

 1. c.) ; Tluirli. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 304. 1880. 



5. M. spectabilis Scritin. Culms 1 to 3 feet high, bulbous at base ; panicle 

 narrow, the branches appressed; spikelets broad, purple-tinged, 4 to 5 lines 

 long, 4 or 5-flowered, the pedicels slender, curved; glumes broad and papery, 

 shorter than the lower lemma ; lemmas strongly 7-nerved, obtuse, awnless. 



Rocky or open woods and thickets; Sherwood, Hitclicock 2715 and Trinity 

 Stimmit, Davy 5827, nortli to Washington and east to ^Montana and Ct)lorado. 



Kef. — Melica spectabilis Scribn. Proc. Aead. Pliila. 1885: 45. 1885. 



(). M. bella Piper. Culms 1 to 2 feet high, bulbous at base; sheaths and 

 blades glabroizs or scabrous; panicle narrow, the branches short and appressed; 

 spikelets 5 to 6 lines long, pajjery with age; glumes broad, the second 4 lines 

 long; lemmas ol)scurely nerved, obtuse or slightl.y emarginate, awnless. 



Rocky woods and hills; central California to Washington, east to ilontana 

 and Colorado. 



Locs.— Mt. Shasta, Palmer 2641 in 1892; Txing Valley, Mendocino Co., Davy 5323; Webber 

 Lake, Doten 83; Truckee Eiver, Davy 3258; Mt. Tallae, Hitchcoek 3153; Mt. Hamilton, Davy; 

 Mariposa Co., Congdon; Sequoia Nat. Park, Hitehcocl:. 3387. 



Var. intonsa Piper. Leaves softly pubescent. — California to Washington. 

 Yreka, Biiller 1251; Cuyama, Eastwood in 1896; Paso Robles, Grant 5'365. 



Refs. — Melica sella Piper, U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Circ. 27: 10. 1900. M. bulbosa 

 [Geyer, misapplied by] Vasey U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Bot. Bull. 13=: pi. 63. 1893 (the earliest 

 description). Var. intonsa Piper, Contr. Nat. Herb. 11: 128. 1906. 



7. M. fugax Boland. Culms 1 to 2 feet high, bidbous at base ; sheaths and 

 blades smooth ; panicle narrow, open, the few lower branches 1 to 2 inches long, 

 stiffly spreading, few-flowered; spikelets about 3 lines long, 2 or 3-flowered, 

 usually purple-tinged; glumes broad, papery, the second nearly as long as 

 spikelet; lemmas obscurely nerved, obtuse or emarginate, awnless. 



Dry hills, northern Califoi-nia to Washington. Yreka, Butler 824; without 

 locality, Lenimon in 1875. These specimens belong to the var. madophylla Piper, 

 differing from the species in being smooth. 



Refs. — Melica fugax Boland. Proc. Cal. Acad. 4: 104. 1870, 2 specimens cited, Donner 

 Lake, and Lake Tahoe; Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 304. 1880. Var. madophyUa Piper, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 11: 128. 1906. 



8. M. inflata Vasey. Culms 2 to 3 feet high, bulbous at base; panicle more 

 or less open, the few branches long, spreading at least in anthesis; spikelets 

 several-flowered, lo inch long, broad, pale green; glumes broad, shorter than 

 the lemmas, scabrous on the strong nerves; lemmas scabrous, strongly nerved. 



Wet meadows, only known from California, Mt. Shasta, Leninio)i 5448; Yo- 

 semite Nat. Park, Hog Ranch. Hall tO Bahcock 3334. 



