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Fig. 523. MelicafrutescensScribn. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 1885: 45, pi. 1, figs. 15 and 16. Woody Melic-grass. — A stout, 

 leafy perennial, 6 to 10 dm. high, somewhat woody at the base, 

 with flat, scabrous leaves and rather densely-flowered, strict pani- 

 cles 10 to 30 cm. long. Spikelets usually 5-flowered, about 12 mm. 

 lo:!g, with the empty glumes (a) nearly as long, the first floral 

 glume obtuse, and about 8 mm. long. — Southern California. 

 1 Lower California, Mexico.] April-June. 



