84 MELICA UNIFLORA. 



twelve to eighteen inches. Root perennial and creeping. 



Flowers in the middle of June, and becomes ripe at the end 

 of July. 



It is distinguished from Melica nutans in the simple panicle, 

 and in the calyx containing only one perfect floret. 



This species flourishes luxuriantly about Ambleside, and also 

 in a wood near Critch, in Derbyshire; where it grows well it is 

 very beautiful. 



The illustration is from a Derbyshire specimen. 



