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Fig 257. MELICA MUTICA Walt. Fl. Car. 78. 1788. (J/, glabra Michx Fl 

 Bor Am. 1 : 62. 1803.)-A slender, loosely o^spitose, wiry grass 6-9 dm i" 30; 

 h.gh wUh flat leaves and simple or raeemose panicles o/ralher large nodding 

 1 ^'0 W-1e!f bit'" '^^'^ ^""^ overlapping, scabrous; lignl'e 2-4 mm": 

 Sr rr 1 T: .^^^^-^^^^^« scabrous, 10-23 cm. (4'-9') long, 2-10 mm. (l"-5'0 wide 

 Spikele s a) 7-9 mm. (3i"-4i") long; empty glumes very broad, acute or obT ,se" 

 ^e first ^.orter than the second, which nearly equals the sp k erflowe ng 

 glumes 6-8 mm. (3'M") long, obtuse, scabrous. The palea is shown by 6 -DrT 



n;r tIs:^^ 1^^^:-^^^-'- '- ^^-^^^ -^ --- - -■ 



This species is distinguished from M. <Uffum, ^viih which it has been united 

 by some authors, by its more slender habit, less branched and LerTweed 



