896 



MISC. PUBLICATION 200, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



78. 1919. Based on Melica harfordii 



Boland. 

 Bromelica harfordii var. minor Fanvell, 



Rhodora 21: 78. 1919. Based on 



Melica harfordii var. minor Vasey. 

 Melica harfordii var. tenuis Suksdorf, 



Werdenda 1: 17. 1927. Bingen, Wash., 



Suksdorf 12018. 

 Melica harfordii var. viridifolia Suksdorf, 



Werdenda 1: 17. 1927. Bingen, Wash., 



Suksdorf 11686, 11777. 

 (16) Melica imperfecta Trin., Acad. St. 



Petersb. Mem. VI. Sci. Nat. 2 1 : 59. 



1836. California. 

 Melica colpodioides Nees, Ann. Nat. Hist. 



1: 283. 1838. California, Douglas. 

 Melica panicoides Nutt., Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. Jour. II. 1: 188. 1848. Santa 



Barbara, Calif., Gambel. 

 Melica poaeoides Nutt., Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. Jour. II. 1: 188. 1848. Santa 



Catalina Island, Calif., Gambel. [The 



type at the British Museum is labeled 



San Diego.] 

 Melica parishii Vasey ex Beal, Grasses 



N. Amer. 2: 500. 1896. Southern 



California, Parish 1997. 

 Melica imperfecta var. pubens Scribn., 



U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Agrost. Cir. 30: 8. 



1901. Santa Cruz Island, Calif., Bran- 



degee 64. 

 The name is erroneously given as Melica 

 imperforata Nees in Hook, and Arn., Bot. 

 Beechey Voy. 403. 1840. This is the species 

 described and figured bv Vasey (U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. Bot. Bui. 13 2 : pi. 84. 1893) as 

 Poa thurberiana Vasey, but the name is 

 based on Panicularia thurberiana Kuntze. 

 Melica imperfecta var. flexuosa Bo- 

 land., Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 101. 



1870. "Mariposa to Clark's" [Yosemite 



Valley region], Calif., Bolander in 1866. 

 Melica imperfecta var. minor Scribn., 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 42. 



1885. San Bernardino Mountains, 



Parish Brothers 856. 

 Melica imperfecta var. refracta Thurb. 



in S. Wats., Bot. Calif. 2: 303. 1880. 



San Bernardino, Calif., Lemmon. 

 (9) Melica inflata (Boland.) Vasey, U. S. 



Natl. Herb. Contrib. 1: 269. 1893. 



Based on M. poaeoides var. inflata 



Boland. 

 Melica poaeoides var. inflata Boland., 



Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 101. 1870. 



Yosemite Valley, Calif., Bolander 6121. 

 Melica bulbosa var. inflata Boyle, Ma- 

 drono 8: 19. 1945. Based on M. 



poaeoides var. inflata Boland. 

 (14) Melica montezumae Piper, Biol. Soc. 



Wash. Proc. 18: 144. 1905. Chi- 

 huahua, Mex., Pringle 430. 

 Melica alba Hitchc, U. S. Natl. Herb. 



Contrib. 17: 367. 1913. Chihuahua, 



Mex., Pringle 430. 

 (12) Melica muiica Walt., Fl. Carol. 78. 



1788. South Carolina. 



Melica glabra Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 



62. 1803. Virginia to Florida, Michaux. 

 Melica rariflora Schreb., Beschr. Gras. 2: 



157. 1810. Based on M. glabra Michx. 

 Melica diffusa Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 



77. 1814. Virginia and Carolina. 

 Melica speciosa Muhl., Descr. Gram. 87. 



1817. Pennsylvania. 

 Melica racemosa Muhl., Descr. Gram. 88. 



1817. Not M. racemosa Thunb., 1794. 



Carolina; Georgia. Name only, Muhl., 



Cat. PI. 11. 1813. 

 Melica muhlenbergiana Schult., Mantissa 



2: 294. 1824. Based on M. racemosa 



Muhl. 

 Melica mutica var. glabra A. Gray, Man. 



ed. 5. 626. 1867. Based on M . glabra 



Pursh (error for Michx.). 

 Melica mutica var. diffusa A. Gray, Man. 



ed. 5. 626. 1867. Based on M. diffusa 



Pursh. 

 Melica mutica forma diffusa Fernald, 



Rhodora 41: 501. 1939. Based on 



M. diffusa Pursh. 

 (13) Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper, 



Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 32: 387. 1905. 



Based on M. diffusa var. nitens Scribn. 

 Melica scabra Nutt., Amer. Phil. Soc. 



Trans, (n.s.) 5: 148. 1837. Not M. 



scabra H. B. K., 1816. Fort Smith, Ark., 



Nuttall. 

 Melica diffusa var. nitens Scribn., Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 44. 1885. 



Arkansas, Nuttall. [The type in the 



Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- 

 delphia, is labeled M . nitens Nutt.] 

 Melica nitens Nutt. ex Scribn., Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 44. 1885, 



as synonym of M. diffusa var. nitens. 

 (11) Melica porteri Scribn., Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila. Proc. 1885: 44. pi. 1. f. 17, 18. 



1885. Based on M. mutica var. parvi- 



flora Porter. 

 Melica mutica var. parviflora Porter in 



Port, and Coult,, Syn. Fl. Colo. 149. 



1874. Glen Eyrie, Colo., Porter [type], 



Meehan; Sierra Madre Range, Coulter. 

 Melica parviflora Scribn., Torrey Bot. 



Club Mem. 5: 50. 1894. Based on .17. 



mutica var. parviflora Porter. 

 Melica porteri var. laxa Boyle, Madrono 



8: 25. 1945. White Mountains, N. 



Mex., Wooton 680. 

 (1) Melica smithii (Porter) Vasey, Torrey 



Bot, Club Bui. 15: 294. 1888. Based on 



Avena smithii Porter. 

 Avena smithii Porter ex A. Gray, Man. ed. 



5. 640. 1867. Sault Sainte Marie, 



Mich., C. E. Smith. 

 Melica retrofracta Suksdorf, Deut. Bot. 



Monatsschr. 19: 92. 1901. Skamania 



County, Wash. [Suksdorf 2334]. 

 Bromelica smithii Fanvell, Rhodora 21: 



77. 1919. Based on Avena smithii 



Porter. 

 Schizachne smithii Wiegand ex Muenscher, 



Fl. Whatcom County, Washington 66. 



