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Fig. 523. Melica frutescens Scribn. Proc. Atad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 

 1885: 45, pi. 1, ligs. 15 mid lO. WoooY Mklic-guass. A stout, 

 leafy perennial, t! to 10 dm. hi^li, somewhat woody at the base, 

 with flat, scabrous leaves and rather deusely-llowered, strict ]tani- 

 cles 10 to :H) cm. long. Spikelets usually 5-llowered, about 12 mm. 

 loiiji, with the empty glumes (a) nearly as long, the tirst Uoral 

 glume obtuse, and about 8 mm. long. Southeru California. 

 I Lower California, .Mexico.] Ai>ril-.June. 



