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Fig. 519. Melica torreyana Scribn. Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila. 

 1885 : 47. Torrey's Melic-grass. — A. slender, leafy, csespitose 

 perennial 6 to 9 dm. high, with flat leaves and more or less spread- 

 ing panicles 12 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets usually 1-flowered, with 

 the rudiment of a second flower raised upon a long pedicel ; empty 

 glumes (a) as long as or exceeding the flowering glume, which is 

 minutely pubescent toward the apex. — California. May-Sep- 

 tember. 



