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Fig. 528. Melica aristata Thnrb. in Brew. & Wats. Bot. Calif. 

 2 : 305; Bol. Proc. Calif. Acad. 4 : 103. Bearded Melic guass. 

 A slender, tufted perennial, 4 to 10 dm. liigh, with flat, usually 

 ])nbescent leaves and narrow panicles 10 to 25 cm. long. .Spikelets 

 3- to 5-flowered, with unequal empty glumes (o), and awned flower- 

 ing glumes, which are 10 to 12 nnn. long and have a few stiff, mar- 

 ginal hairs near the base. Awn 8 to 14 mm. long. Washington 

 to California. June, July. 



