FIGURE 387. Distribution of 

 Melica fu'jai.. 



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stiffly ascending-spreading, in anthesis the lower as much as 5 cm 

 long; spikelets somewhat inflated, 12 to 

 20 mm long, pale green; glumes scabrous 

 on the strong nerves; lemmas strongly 



nerved, scabrous, 



acutish. 91 



California (Yosem- 



ite National Park 



and Mount Shasta), 



Washington (Che- 

 Ian County, the 



sheaths and blades 



pubescent). 



10. Melica strictaBol and. ROCK MELIC. 

 (Fig. 389.) Culms 15 to 50 cm tall, 

 densely tufted, the base somewhat thick- 

 ened but not bulbous; sheaths scaberulous, 

 sometimes pubescent; blades mostly 1 to 

 3 mm wide, scabrous, pubescent on the 

 upper surface; panicle narrow, simple or 

 with 1 or 2 short branches at base; spike- 

 lets 12 to 16 mm long, 4- or 5-flowered, 

 broadly V-shaped, reflexed on capillary 

 pedicels, falling entire; glumes thin, shin- 

 ing, nearly as long as the spikelet; 

 lemmas faintly nerved, scabrous, obtuse. 

 91 Rocky slopes and banks, at medi- 

 um altitudes, Utah (Cottonwood Can- 

 yon) to Oregon (Steins Mountains), the 

 Sierras, and the mountains of southern 

 California. 



11. Melica porteri Scribn. PORTER 

 MELIC. (Fig. 390.) Culms 50 to 100 cm 

 tall, tufted; sheaths smooth or scabrous; 

 blades 2 to 5 mm wide; panicle green or 

 tawny, narrow, 1-sided, 15 to 20 cm long, 

 the branches short, appressed, few- 

 flowered; spikelets 10 to 15 mm long, 4- 

 or 5-flowered, narrow, reflexed on capillary 

 pubescent pedicels, falling entire; glumes 

 less than 1 cm long, shorter than the 

 spikelet; lemmas with 5 strong nerves 

 and several faint ones, scaberulous. 

 9J. Canyons, open woods, and moist 

 places, mostly at 2,000 to 3,000 m, 

 western Missouri (Jackson County) ; 

 Nebraska to Texas and Arizona (fig. 

 391). 



1? IVf^lira iniitira "Wolf Two T?T nwirT? FIGURE 388. Melica inflata. Plant, X 



LA. ivienca mutica vv ait. i WO-FLOWER r floreti x . (Hall and Ba bcock 

 MELIC. (Fig. 392.) Culms 60 to 100 cm tall, 3334, cam.) 

 erect, loosely tufted; sheaths scabrous or 



somewhat pubescent; blades flat, 2 to 5 mm wide; panicle 10 to 20 

 cm long, nearly simple, with 1 to few short, spreading, few-flowered 



