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Fig. 520. Melica fugax Boland. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4 : 104. 

 1870; Vasey, 111. N. Anier. Grasses 2: PI. LXV. Small Melic- 

 grass — A slender, erect perennial, 1.5 to 3.5 dm. high, from a 

 bulbous base, with flat leaves and few-flowered, narrow panicles 

 8 to 16 cm. long. Spikelets 6 to 8 mm. long, 3- to 5-flowered; 

 glumes obtuse, the floral ones about 4 mm. long. — Low grounds 

 in open pine woods, dry mountain sides, etc., "Washington to 

 California. May-June. 



