No. 03. 

 MELICA BULBOSA (IcytT. Hook. .Toiiin. Hot. & Mis.-, viii. 10 (ISSI!). 



I'ltuil ])('r('iiiii;il, tiiftcfl, Imlboiis nt the ba.se, with rather coarse roots. 



CulntK ert'et, simple, slender, sTiiootli, 1 to - feet tall. 



£ca»c« of culm 3 to fi; sheaths retrorsely scabrid or nearly smooth, close, clcserl 

 to thf throat, exceeding' the iiiternodes; blades tlat or involute, attennate pointed, 

 scabrous on both sides, mostly ercrct, ~> to 10 inches long; ligule obtuse oi- otteu den- 

 tate, 2 lines long. 



Tnfloresci'nce an erect, stiict. linear i)anicle 4 to inches long; rays mostly alter- 

 nate, erect, scarcely exceeding the intervals, i to U inches long, bearing 1 to 4 erect, ' 

 pedicellate sjiikelets scattered along the entire length. 



SpikrIit.H rather turgid, lance-oblong, 4 to 5 lines long, .'>- to G-tlowered, with a ruili 

 ment; first empty glume oblong, obtuse, thin, 3- to o-nerved, 3 lines long; second . 

 empty glume oblanceolate, obtuse, minutely scabrid, 5- to 7-nerved, 3i to 4 lines l<mg; j 

 floral glume broadly oblanceolate, obtuse or barely acute, scabrid, jiurple above. 

 7-nerved, 3.^ to 4 lines long; ])alet oblanceolate, ciliate at the rounded ajx-x and on 

 the two keels, which are nearly marginal and inarched above, 2ito3 lines long; inter 

 node of rachilla nearly glabrous, g line long. . 



I'LATic L.XIll; «, s]»ikclet with tlorcts in natural position: /(, s|)ikclet with florets 1 

 spread and opened to show the dill'erent i)arts; c, tloral glume, dorsal \iew. i 



California to Washington, mostly in the 8ierra Nevada and Cascade langes. its 

 bulbous, ])erennial character, slender culms, and abundant leaves indicate that it might 

 lie of considerable value. It is a rather jiretty and attractive gi'ass, as is evidenccil 

 by the amount of attention and the number of names that botanists have given it. 

 The species described as M. bulbosa in Botany of California is plainly something (lif- 

 erent from Geyer's species. 



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