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10. Melica stricta Boland. Rock 

 melic. (Fig. 264.) Culms 15 to 60 cm. 

 tall, densely tufted, the base some- 

 what thickened but not bulbous; 

 sheaths scaberulous, sometimes pu- 



Figure 262. — Melica fugax. Plant, X 1 ; floret, X 5. 

 (Vasey 9, Wash.) 



wide; panicle 15 to 20 cm. long, nar- 

 row, the rather distant branches, or 

 some of them, stiffly ascending- 

 spreading in anthesis, the lower as 

 much as 5 cm. long; spikelets some- 

 what inflated, 12 to 20 mm. long, pale 

 green; glumes scabrous on the strong 

 nerves; lemmas strongly nerved, sca- 

 brous, acutish. % — California 

 (Yosemite National Park and Mount 

 Shasta), Washington (Chelan Coun- 

 ty, the sheaths and blades pubescent) . 



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Figure 263. — Melica inflata. Plant, X 1; floret, X 5. 

 (Hall and Babcock 3334, Calif.) 



