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Fig. 528. Melica aristata Thurb. in Brew. & Wats. Bot. Calif. 

 2 : 305 ; Bol. Proc. Calif. Acad. 4 : 103. Bearded Melic grass. — 

 A slender, tufted perennial, 4 to 10 dm. high, with flat, usually 

 pubescent leaves and narrow panicles 10 to 25 cm. long. Spihelets 

 3- to 5-flowered,with unequal empty glumes (a), and awned flower- 

 ing glumes, which are 10 to 12 mm. long and have a few stiff, mar- 

 ginal hairs near the base. Awn 8 to 11 mm. long. — Washington 

 to California. June, July. 



