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Fig. 519. Melica torreyana Scribn. Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila. 

 1885:47. Torkky's Melk -grass. A slender, lealy, ca'spitose 

 perennial 6 to 9 dm. high, with ilat leaves and more or less spread- 

 ing panicles 12 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets usually 1-llowered, with 

 the rudiment of a second flower raised u])on a long pedicel ; empty 

 glumes (a) as long as or exceeding the lloweriug glume, which is 

 minutely puhescent toward the apex. California. May-Sep- 

 tember. 



