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Fig. 25*. Melica parviflora (Porter) Scribn. (M. mutica parri- 

 flora Porter: M.porteri, Scribn.)- — A rather slender, erect, smooth 

 perennial 4 to 7 dm. high, with flat leaves and narrow panicles 

 l."> to 25 cm. long. Spikelets pendulous and racemose along the 

 panicle branches. — shaded canyons, mountains of Colorado, New 

 Mexico, Arizona and prairies of Missouri, Kansas, and western 

 Texas. [Northern Mexico.] July-September. 



