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Fig. 520. Melica fugax Bolaiul. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 104. 

 1870; Vasey, III. N. Amer. Grasses 2: PI. LXV. Small Melic- 

 CKAS.s A sleuder, erect perennial, 1.5 to 3.5 dm. high, from a 

 bulbous base, with flat leaves and few-flowered, narrow panicles 

 8 to 16 cm. long. Spikelets 6 to 8 mm. long, 3- to 5-flowered; 

 glumes obtuse, the floral ones about 4 mm. loug. Low grounds 

 iu open pino, woods, dry mountain sides, etc., Washington to 

 C!alifornia. May-June. 



