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Fig. 258. Melica parviflora (Porter) Scribn. (M. mutica parri- 

 flora Porter; M.porteri, Scribn.). A rather slender, erect, smooth 

 perennial 4 to 7 dm. high, with flat leaves and narrow panicles 

 15 to 25 cm. long. Spikelets pendulous and racemose along the 

 panicle branches. Shaded canyons, mountains of Colorado, New 

 Mexico, Arizona and prairies of Missouri, Kansas, and western 

 Texas. [Northern Mexico.] July-September. 



