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Fig. 525. Melica harfordii Boland. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 

 102. 1870; Thurb. in Brewer and S. Wats. Bot. California 2: 

 305. Harford's Melic-grass. — A rather slender, erect, wiry 

 perennial, 6 to 15 dm. high, with narrow, flat leaves and erect, 

 narrow, light-green or straw-colored panicles, 10 to 20 cm. long. 

 Spikelets 12 to 16 mm. long, 4- to 8-flowered, the flowering glumes 

 8 mm. long, usually short-awned, and cihate with loug, shining 

 hairs for two-thirds of the margin below. — Mountains of Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon, and Washington. June, July 



