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MELICA. 



Lemmas notched at apex, usually awned. 

 Awns long. 



Nerves of t'.ie lemma hirsute 1. M. smithii. 



Nerves of the lemma glabrous 2. M. aristata. 



Awns short or none 3. if . harfordii. 



Lemma not notched at apex, awnless. 



Apex of lemma long-acuminate 4. M. sitbulata. 



Apex of lemma obtuse. 



Not bulbiferous; spikelets 12 to 16 mm. long 5. M. s'.ricta. 



Bulbiferous; spikelets much shorter. 



Spikelets shining, slender-peduncled, often nodding; 



plants not tufted 6. M. spedabilis. 



Spikelets dull, erect or ascending; plants tufted. 



Panicle strict ; glumes membranous 7. 3f . bella. 



Panicle usually spreading; glumes coriaceous 8. M.fugax. 



1. Melica smithii (Porter) Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club 16: 294.-1888. 

 Arena smithii Porter; Gray, Man. ed. 3. 640. 1867. 



Melica reircfrada Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 19: 92. ISOl. 

 Type locality: "isle Royale, Keewenaw Point, Lake Superior." 

 Range: Lake Superior to Washington and Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Sumas Prairie, Li/aZZ in 1858; without locality, Sandherg cfc 

 Leiherg 504; Skamania County, SuTcsdorf 22>2i^; Blue Mountains, Lake <& Hull 117. 

 Zonal distribution: Canadian? 



2. Melica aristata Thurb.; Boland. Proc. Cal. Acad. 4: 103. 1870. 



Type locality: "Loose soil in open woods near Clark's, 4,000 feet altitude, 1866." 

 California. 



Range: California to Washington. 



Specimens examined: Klickitat County, Shlcsdorf 73; Wenas, Griffiths cfe Cotton 93a. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



3. Melica harfordii Boland. Proc. Cal. Acad. 4: 102. 1870. 



Type locality: "Wooded hillsides, Santa Cruz road, near Lexington [California], June, 

 1865." 



Range: California to Washington. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 1936, 1938; Cascade Mountains, Vasey &; 

 west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 3, 288, 17; Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Suksdorf 

 1188. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



3a. Melica harfordii tenuior nom. nov. 



Melica harfordii minor Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club. 16: 48. 1888, not M. minor Hack. 1881. 



Type locality: Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Collected by Howell. 



Range: Washington and Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Without locality, Fasey in 1889. 



4. Melica cpectabiUs Scribner, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1886: 45. 1885. 

 Melica scabrataScnbnev; Piper & Beattie, FI. Palouse Reg. 25. 1901. 

 Range: Eastern Washington and Oregon to Montana. 



Specimens examined: Spokane County, (Swtsdor/ 11 13; Pullman, Piper 1745; Elmer 

 833; Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, Flett in 1899. 

 Zonal distribution : Arid Transition. 



6. Melica subulata (Griseb.) Scribner, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1886: 47. 1885. 

 Broraus suhulatus Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 4: 358. 1853. 



