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Fig. 518. Melica imperfecta Trin. Gram. Suppl. Bull. Sc. Acad. 

 St. Petersb. 1:68. 1836; Icon. Gram. t. 355. (J/, colpodioides 

 Xees; M. panicoides Nutt.) Small-flowered Melic- grass. — 

 A somewhat slender, erect perennial 6 to 9 dm. high, with narrow, 

 flat leaves and more or less ditfusely spreading, many-flowered 

 panicles. Spikelets 1- to 2-flowered, 3 to 5 mm. long, with the empty 

 glumes (a) shorter than the spikelet; rudimentary floret sessile or 

 nearly so. — Hillsides and grassy mountain slopes, California. 

 [Lower California.] March-July. 



