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and Coulter cite Gray, Amer. Acad. 

 Sci. Proc. 8: 409. 1872. Gray gives no 

 description but cites M. bulbosa Geyer, 

 Jour. Bot. Kew Misc. (PL Geyer.) 

 8: 19. 1856. In the latter work "Geyer 

 no. 11, Upper Platte," is listed without 

 description. The description by Porter 

 and Coulter applies to this collection as 

 represented in the Gray Herbarium. 



Melica bella Piper, U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. 

 Agrost. Cir. 27: 10. 1900. Upper 

 Platte, Geyer [11]. A new name for 

 "M. bulbosa Geyer, in U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. Bot. Bui. 13: 63. pi. 63. 

 1893, not M. bulbosa Geyer, in Thurb., 

 in S. Wats., Bot. Calif. 2: 304. 1880," 

 the description by Porter and Coulter 

 having been overlooked. The Thurber 

 publication refers to M. californica 

 (No. 18 of this work). 



Melica bella subsp. intonsa Piper, U. S. 

 Natl. Herb. Contrib. 11: 128. 1906. 

 Wenas, Wash., Griffiths and Cotton 103. 



Melica bulbosa var. typica Cronquist, 

 Madrono 7: 77. 1943. Based on M. 

 bulbosa Geyer. 



Melica bulbosa var. caespitosa Cronquist, 

 Madrono 7: 77. 1943. West side of 

 Alturas Lake, Blaine County, Idaho, 

 Cronquist and Cronquist 2603. 

 (18) Melica californica Scribn., Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 46. pi. 1. f. 6. 

 1885. Based on M. poaeoides as de- 

 scribed by Torrey in Pacific Railroad 

 Report (see below), the specimen cited 

 by Torrey, in N. Y. Bot. Gard., being 

 named "M. californica Scribn." in 

 Scribner's script. 



Melica poaeoides Nutt. [misapplied by] 

 Torr., U. S. Rpt. Expl. Miss. Pacif. 4: 

 157. 1857. Not M. poaeoides Nutt., 

 1848. Corte Madera, Calif., [Bigelow]. 



Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Thurb. in S. 

 Wats., Bot. Calif. 2: 304. 1880. Not 

 M. bulbosa Geyer ex Port, and Coult., 

 1874. Santa Inez, Calif., Brewer 569. 



Melica longiligula Scribn. and Kearn., 

 U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Agrost. Bui. 

 17: 225. f. 521. 1899. Southern Cali- 

 fornia, Parish Brothers 865. 



Melica californica var. nevadensis 

 Boyle, Madrono 8: 17. 1945. Calaveras 

 County, Calif., Rutter 163. 

 Melica ciliata L., Sp. PL 66. 1753. Europe. 

 (17) Melica frutescens Scribn., Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 45. pi. 1. f. 15, 

 16. 1885. Southern California, Parry 

 and Lemmon 401 [type, labeled by 

 Scribner]. 

 (8) Melica fugax Boland., Calif. Acad. 

 Proc. 4: 104. 1870. Donner Lake, 

 Calif. [Bolander and Kellogg]. 



Melica geyeri [Munro misapplied by] 

 Thurb. in Wilkes, U. S. Expl. Exped. 

 Bot. 17: 492. 1874. Cascade Moun- 

 tains, Oreg. 



Melica fugax subsp. madophylla Piper, 



U. S. Natl. Herb. Contrib. 11: 128. 



1906. Falcon Valley, Wash., Suksdorf 



61. 

 Melica macbridei Rowland in Nels., Bot. 



Gaz. 54: 404. 1912. Silver City, 



Idaho, Macbride 948. 

 Melica fugax var. inexpansa Suksdorf, 



Werdenda I 2 : 1. 1923. Falcon Valley, 



Wash., Suksdorf 6989. 

 Melica fugax var. macbridei Beetle, West. 



Bot. Leaflets 4: 286. 1946. Based 



on M . macbridei Rowland. 

 (5) Melica geyeri Munro in Boland., Calif. 



Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 103. 1870. [Ukiah] 



Calif., Bolander 7, the specimen ex- 

 amined by Munro (in U. S. Natl. 



Herb.). The same collection was later 



distributed as 6119. 

 Glyceria bulbosa BuckL, Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. Proc. 1862: 95. 1862. Columbia 



woods, Nuttall. 

 Bromus muticus Nutt. ex A. Gray, Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 335. 1862, 



as synonym of Glyceria bulbosa BuckL 

 Melica poaeoides var. bromoides Boland., 



Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 103. 1870, 



as synonym of M. geyeri Munro. 



Bolander 40 and 6119. 

 Melica bromoides Boland. ex A. Gray, 



Amer. Acad. Sci. Proc. 8: 409. 1872. 



Based on M. poaeoides var. bromoides 



Boland. [Bolander 6119]. 

 Melica poaeoides Boland. ex Scribn., 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 47. 



1885, as synonym of "M. bromoides 



Gray." 

 Melica bromoides var. howellii Scribn., 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 47. 



1885. Near Waldo, Oreg., Howell 335 



in 1884. 

 Melica parnmeli Scribn., Davenport Acad. 



Sci. Proc. 7: 240. 1899. Geranium 



Park, Wyo., Pommel 159. 

 Bromelica geyeri Farwell, Rhodora 21: 



78. 1919. Based on Melica geyeri 



Munro. 

 Bromelica geyeri var. howellii Farwell, 



Rhodora 21 : 78. 1919. Based on Melica 



bromoides var. howellii Scribn. 

 Melica geyeri var. aristulata J. T. 



Howell, West. Bot. Leaflets 4: 245. 



1946. Marin County, Calif., /. T. 



Howell 17906. 

 (3) Melica harfordii Boland., Calif. Acad. 



Sci. Proc. 4: 102. 1870. Santa Cruz, 



Bolander 53 [type]; Redwood, Bolander 



6464; Yosemite Valley and Bear Valley, 



both Bolander. 

 Melica harfordii var. minor Vasey, Torrey 



Bot. Club Bui. 15: 48. 1888. Siskiyou 



Mountains, Oreg., Howell in 1887. 

 Melica harfordii tenuior Piper, U. S. Natl. 



Herb. Contrib. 11: 127. 1906. Based 



on M. harfordii var. minor Vasey. 

 Bromelica harfordii Farwell, Rhodora 21: 



