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Eefs. — Melica inplata Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 1 : 269. 1S93. il. poaeoides Nutt. var. 

 inflata Boland. Proo. Cal. Acad. 4: 101. 1870, type from Yosemite Valley, Bolander 6121. 

 Mentioned under M. Udhosa Geyer, by Thurber (Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 304. 1880). 



9. M. stricta Boland. Culms V2 to 1^/4 feet high, the base somewhat thick- 

 ened hut not bulbou.s; panicle narrow, few-flowered, nearly simple, usually 1 

 or 2 branches below ; spikelets large, about i/o inch long, reflexed on rather 

 delicate pedicels; glumes nearly as long as spikelet, longer than the lower 

 lemma; lemmas scabrous, obtuse, awnless. 



R(.>ek\ slopes and banks. P]agle Lake (Jours) through the Sierra Nevada to 

 Se(iuoia Nat. Park (Hall ct Babcock 5684) and Coso ]\Its. {Coville & Funston 

 936), and in the Coast Ranges (Tilt. Piuos, Kern Co., Hall 6404) to San Bernar- 

 dino Mts. (Parish Bros. 1553) ; north into Oregon and east to Utah. 



Refs.— Melica stricta Boland. Proc. Cal. Acad. 3: 4. 1S63; op. cit. 4: 104. 1872; Thurb. 

 in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 303. 1880. 



10. M. frutescens Scribn. Culms 2 to 6 feet high, rather woody below, not 

 bulbous at base; blades short, especially on the branches and innovations; 

 panicle silvery-shining, narrow, the branches short and appressed ; spikelets 

 about Yo inch long; glumes about as long as the spikelet, prominently 5-nerved; 

 lemmas acute, entire, awnless, 7-nerved. 



Southern California to Lower California. 



Loes. — Pauamint Cafion, Hall 4' Chandler 7031; Riverside, Grifpths 78.51; San .Jacinto, 

 Jones 3oo4; Masons, Brandegee 135 in 1896; Bernardo, Ahrams 3361; San Diego Co.. Mcarns 

 3033. 



Refs. — Melica frute.scexs Scribn. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1885: 45. 1885, type locality, vicinity 

 of Sau Diego, .several specimens cited, the first being Parry ^- Lemmon 401. 



11. M. bulbosa Geyer. Culms 2 to 4 feet high, the base usually decumbent 

 and often more or less bulbous or corm-like; lower sheaths on the older culms 

 persistent, brown and split into numerous fibers ; panicle narrow, rather 

 densely flowered, 4 to 8 inches long, tawny or purplish, not silvery shining; 

 spikelets 5 to 6 lines long, papery, 3 or 4-flowered; second glume about 31/2 

 lines long ; lemmas rather prominently 7-nerved, awnless. 



JFountain meadows and rocky woods, Ventura Co. north to Oregon and Nevada. 

 The following specimens are softly pubescent: Northfork. Griffiths 4415; Yo- 

 semite Valley, Chase 5712; Tehachapi, Chase 5734. 



Eefs. — Melica bulb<isa Geyer; Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 304. 1800. M. calif oridca Scribn. 

 Proc. Acad. Phila. 1885: 46. 1885; Davy in Jepson, PI. W. Mid. Cal. 62. 1901. M. poaeoides 

 [Nutt. misapplied by] Torr. U. S. Rep. Expl. Miss. Pacif. 4: 157. 1857; Boland. Proc. Cal. 

 Acad. 4: 101. 1870. (M. bnlbosa Geyer in Hook. .Jour. Bot. & Kew Misc. 8: 19. 1856, and 

 in Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 409. 1872, are both nomina nuda. See also tl. S. Dept. Agr. 

 Div. Agrost. Circ. 27: 10. 1900.) M. longiligula Scribn. & Kearn. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. 

 Agrost. Bull. 17 : 225. f . 521. 1899, type Farish Bros. 865. 



12. M. torreyana Scribn. Culms from a loose and decumbent base, 1 to 3 

 feet high, not bulbous; blades flat, lax; panicle narrow, rather loose, the 

 branclies more or less fascicled, api^ressed or ascending, the lower fascicles dis- 

 tant ; spikelets 2 to 3 lines long, with 1 or 2 perfect florets and a rudiment ; 

 glumes strongly nerved, nearly as long as spikelet: lemmas pubescent; rudi- 

 ment long-pediceled. obovoid-truncate. divergent. 



Thickets and banks at low altittules, central California, especially in the 

 Bay region. 



Locs. — Mendocino Co., McMurphy 422; Butte Co., Heller 5511; Sacramento, Michener 154; 

 Mariposa Co., Congdon; various localities in the Bay region from Mt. Tamalpais to Santa 

 Cruz, Bal-er 2815, Bolander 1539, 6076, Davy 4257, 7857, Heller 5084, 8397, Hitchcoclc 2668, 

 Palmer 2046, Piper 6304, 6339, Sutter 97. 



