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Fig. 526. Melica subulata (Bong.) Scribn. Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. 

 rhila. 1*85. 47. (Feslnca subulata Bong. Veg. Sitch. 173. 1831; 

 Melica acuminata Boland.) Slender-Flowered Melic-grass. — 

 An erect, leafy perennial, 9 to 12 urn. high, from, a bulbous base. 

 with flat leaves and rather lax panicles 10 to 20 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets 3- to 5-flowered, with long-attenuate pointed flowering 

 glumes, about 12 mm. long, ciliate on the margins and hirsute <>u 

 the back below, — Shaded canyons and damp woodlands, British 

 Columbia to California, east to Montana. May— September. 



