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Figure 264. — Melica stricta. Plant, X 1 ; floret, X 5. 

 (Swallen 720, Calif.) 



Figure 265. — Melica porteri. Plant, X 1 ; floret, X 5. 

 (Shear 726, Colo.) 



bescent; blades mostly 1 to 3 mm. 

 wide, scabrous, pubescent on the up- 

 per surface ; panicle narrow, simple or 

 with 1 or 2 short branches at base; 

 spikelets 12 to 16 mm. long, 4- or 5- 

 flowered, broadly V-shaped, reflexed 

 on capillary pedicels, falling entire; 

 glumes thin, shining, nearly as long as 

 the spikelet; lemmas faintly nerved, 

 scabrous, and obtuse. % — Rocky 

 slopes and banks, at medium alti- 



