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Fig. 260. Melica stricta Roland. Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2: 503. 

 Large-flowered Melica. — A densely csespitose perennial 2 to 5 

 dm. high from a bulbous base, with flat, more or less pubescent 

 leaves, and simple, one-sided panicles 10 to 15 cm. long, bearing 

 ten to twenty spikelets. — Dry ridges among rocks (alt. 1,850 to 

 2,700 m.), Nevada, California, and Oregon. June-August. 



