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Fig. 521. Melica longiligula Scribn. & Kearney, sp. nov. — 

 A slender, erect, caespitose perennial, 6 to 7 dm. high, with narrow 

 leaves, and strict, more or less interrupted panicles 15 to 20 cm. 

 long. Spikelets 3- to 5-flowered, 6 to 8 mm. long, on short, pubes- 

 cent pedicels; glumes obtuse, minutely scabrous, the outer ones 

 unequal, the larger second one 5 to 5.5 mm. long; the first flower- 

 ering glume 5 to 6 mm. long. Ligule 5 to 6 mm. long. — Southern 

 California (No. 865. Parish Brothers, 1881). 

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