No. G7. 

 MELICA STRICTA r.Dhmd. I'roc. Cal. Acad. iii. 4 (1863). 



rhiiit perennial, densely tufted, i)ale gu'eu with wliitisli iiiflorescenc*'., or purple 

 and brown in the intloiescenee and lower slieatlis. 



Culms erect, or geniculate below, branclied at base, retrorsely velvety-pube.scent 

 or scabrou.s, leafy nearly to tlie panicle, 1 to 2 feet tall. 



Leavcx of culm 2 or 3; slieatli.s striate, retrorsely velvety-pubescent, closed to the 

 throat, exceeding the internodes; i)lades flat fir invidute toward the rathi-r rigid points, 

 subauriculate at base, velvety pubescent on both sides or scabrid above, erect, 1 to 2 

 lines wide, ."5 to 4 inches long; ligule about 2 lines long. 



lufiorcKceiicc AW erect seciind panicle of (J to 12 nodding spikelets, the scabrous 

 rays mostly single, erect and appressed, making the jianide ai)pear simple. 



Spikvltfi obovate, 5 to 7 lines long, with 2 or 3 i)erfect florets and rather large 

 rinliment; emi)ty glumes lance-obloug, narrowed below, obtuse oi' barely acute, thin, 

 smooth, .5-nerveil, I to (i lines long, the (irst slightly shoiter; tloral glume lanceo- 

 late, acute, minutely hispid, Tnerved, often with less prominent intermediate nerves 

 toward the base, 4i to '>.\ lines long; jtalet obovate oblong, obtuse, minutely hispid, 

 l>ubescent on the arched keels; stamens 3, with rather short anthers; intcinode of 

 rachilla straight, nearly smooth, I to 2 lines long. 



Plate LXVII; a, spikelet with florets nearly in natural position at nmturity; b, 

 floret opened. 



California to Oregon, and extending eastward to Nevada. 



