146 GRAMINEAE 



1870, type Bolander 4698 (from Mendocino City ace. to Bolander's Field Book); Thurb. in 

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



4. M. geyeri Munro. Culms 3 to 5 feet high, bulbous at base ; sheaths gla- 

 brous or sometimes pubescent ; blades scabrous, flat ; 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 1008; Sherwood, Hitchcock 2728; Ukiah, Bolander 3832, 6119, Davy 

 5027; Cahto, Davy 6625; Mt. Sanhedrin, Heller 5885; Emigrant Gap, Jones 3553; Santa Clara 

 Co., Heller 7420; Congress Springs, Hitchcock 2669. 



Befs. MELICA GEYERI Munro; Boland. Proc. Cal. Aead. 4: 103. 1870, type Bolander 6119. 

 M. bromoides Boland.; Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 409. 1872 (Gray cites M. geyeri Boland. 

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



5. M. spectabilis Scribn. 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. 



Kocky or open woods and thickets; Sherwood, Hitchcock 2715 and Trinity 

 Summit, Davy 5827, north to. Washington and east to Montana and Colorado. 

 Kef. ^MELICA SPECTABILIS Scribn. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1885: 45. 1885. 



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

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

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

 long ; lemmas obscurely nerved, obtuse or slightly emarginate, awnless. 



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



and Colorado. 



L OCS- Mt. Shasta, Palmer 2641 in 1892; Long Valley, Mendocino Co., Davy 5323; Webber 

 Lake, Doten 83; Truckee Eiver, Davy 3258; Mt. Tallac, Hitchcock 3153; Mt. Hamilton, Davy; 

 Mariposa Co., Congdon; Sequoia Nat. Park, Hitchcock 3387. 



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

 Yreka, Butler 1251 ; Cuyama, Eastwood in 1896 ; Paso Robles, Grant 5365. 



Refs. MELICA BELLA 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 2 : pi. 63. 1893 (the earliest 

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



7. M. fugux Boland. Culms 1 to 2 feet high, bulbous 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 California to Washington. Yreka, Butler 824; without 

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

 differing from the species in being smooth. 



Eefs. MELICA FTJGAX Boland. Proe. Cal. Acad. 4: 104. 1870, 2 specimens cited, Donner 

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

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



8. M. inflata Yasey. 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, 1/2 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, Lemmon 5448; Yo- 

 semite Nat. Park, Hog Ranch, Hall & Babcock 3334. 





