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Fig. 526. Melica subulata (Bong.) Scribn. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 rhila. 1885. 47. ^Festuca ><ubiilata Bong. Xeg. Sitch. 173. 1831; 

 Melica acuminata Boland.) Slexder-Flowkked Melic-gkass. 

 An erect, leafy perennial, 9 to 12 dm. higli, from a bulbous base, 

 witli flat leaves and rather lax: i)anicle.s 10 to 20 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets 3- to 5-flowered, with long-attenuate pointed flowering 

 glumes, about 12 mm. long, ciliate ou the margins and hirsute on 

 the back below, Shaded canyons and damp woodlands, British 

 Columbia to California, east to Montana. May-8eptemher. 



