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FIGURE 383. Distribution of 

 Melica spectabilis. 



obtuse or slightly emarginate. 91 (M. bella Piper.) Rocky woods 

 and hills, Montana to 

 British Columbia, south 

 to Colorado and Cali- 

 fornia; western Texas 

 (Jeff Davis County) 

 (fig. 385). Specimens 

 with pubescent foliage 

 have been differenti- 

 ated as M. bella intonsa 

 Piper. 



8. Melica fugax Bo- 

 land. LITTLE ONION- 

 GRASS. (Fig. 386.) 

 Culms mostly 20 to 40 

 cm tali, in loose tufts, 

 the bulbs prominent ; 

 sheaths retrorsely sca- 

 brous; blades 1.5 to 4 mm 

 wide, scabrous, usually 

 pubescent on the up- 

 per surface; panicle 8 

 to 15 cm long, the 

 branches stiffly spread- 

 ing or reflexed at an- 

 thesis, the lower 2 to 

 4 cm long; spikelets 8 

 to 14 mm long, the 

 florets somewhat dis- 

 tant, usually purple- 

 tinged, the rachilla 

 soft, wrinkled in dry- 

 ing, often brownish ; 

 second glume nearly 

 as long as the lower 

 lemma; lemmas ob- 

 scurely nerved, obtuse 

 or emarginate. 91 

 Dry hills and open 

 woods, Washington to 

 Nevada and central 

 California (fig. 387). 



9. Melica inflata 



(Boland.) Vasey. 

 (Fig. 388.) 

 Culms 60 to 100 

 cm tall, bulbous 

 at base; sheaths 

 glabrous or pu- 

 bescent; blades 

 flat, 2 to 4 mm 

 wide; panicle 15 

 to 20 cm long, narrow, the rather distant branches, or some of them, 



FIGURE 384. Melica 

 bulbosa. Plant, X 1; 

 floret, X 5. (Tide- 

 strom 1252, Utah.) 



FIGURE 385. Distribution of 

 Melica bulbosa. 



FIGURE 386. Melica fugax. Plant, X 1; 

 floret, X 5. (Vasey 9, Wash.) 



