Fic. 522, MELICA BULBOSA Thurb. ae Wats. Bot ONT 
ya Sagi emen — Á m Pac. R. R. Rept. 45: 157. 
Sei. Phila. 1 
YO RNIA MELIC- C-G iem —À uide, erect perennial, 
3-9 dm. (19-39) high, with very narrow leaves and contracted 
icles 8-16 em. (3-6^) long. Spikelets 8-10 mm. (4-0 
second as long as s the first flowering giume; —€— 
one about 8 mm. Ae bigs —Dry slopes and ridges, Cal 
The first and d publications 101 Melica bulbosa Geyer, are 
The first eee of the name, with description, is by Thu inal 
of California, and while t the e species the re deseribed is not 
Geyer at all, t} + stand for the 
