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Fig. 525. Melica harfordii Boland. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.4: 

 102. 1870; Tbiirli. in lirewor and S. Wats. Rot. California 2: 

 305. Haki'ohd's Mklic-c;u.vs.s. A rather sleuder, erect, wiry 

 perennial, 6 to 15 dm. high, with Tiarrow, flat leaves and erect, 

 narrow, light-greeu or straw-colored pauicles, 10 to 20 cm. lonjj. 

 Spikelets 12 to l(j mm. lou<r, 4- toS-liowcred, the llowerin<^ jilunies 

 8 mm. long, usually short-:i\viied, and ciliate with long, shining 

 hairs for two-thirds of the margin below. Mouutains of Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon, and Washington. .Iniie, .Inly 



